Abstract:

GU Jie-gang is a typical exponent of the "yi gu" (suspecting ancient history) movement of our country. In the methodology of scholarship GU was deeply influenced by CUI Shu. Although GU knew how to separate" the original state" of historical data from their" changes in transmission", he put too much emphasis on the “instancy” of historical materials, and neglected the "retardancy" of them. Therefore, there are some defects in his scholarship.

Key words: GU jie-gang, scholarship of doubting ancients, methodology