Abstract:

As a great master of Han Learning and an important exponent of the predominant academic school of thought during the reign of Qian Long-Jia Qing under the Qing Dynasty, QIAN Da-xin was never a little Confucian who was just preoccupied with textual criticism. His bounteous theory of literature, overflowing theory of history and profound theory of 'principle' were all imbued with a strong 'spirit of the time'.

Key words: QIAN Da-xin, scholarship, spinit of the time