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Title:: From Questioning of Culture to Reflecting on Social System: Developments in Interpreting Confucius’ Analects in Qing Dynasty

Abstract:: The interpretation of The Analects of Confucius in the Qing Dynasty presented a constantly changing and colorful picture along with the interaction between the evolution of Confucian classics and social changes, academic changes as well as cultural development. In the early cultural reflection wave, the idea of “return to the ancients steadily” contributed to the prosperity of the textology, and also provided the later reflection on the social and political systems with the theoretical basis. The intermittent and disjointed process of the interpretation of The Analects in the Qing dynasty clearly shows that the academic development not only has its own unique rules to follow, but also is firmly connected with the social development and national destiny, which is of great reference value to the present cultural development and system construction.