The background of China's theory of ancient ideological history.

The History of Ancient China Thought was written by Li Zehou in 1985. This book was written in the early days of China's reform and opening up. China society has just emerged from the historical haze of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, three years of natural disasters and overthrowing the counter-revolutionary organization of the Gang of Four, ushered in the movement to set things right and remove the hat, restored the college entrance examination system, and initially embarked on the road of reform and opening up.

Starting with the analysis of Confucius' theory of benevolence, the book discusses various main ideological trends, factions and figures from the pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and emphatically demonstrates that China's dialectics is "action" rather than "speculation". Theoretically, it proves that China's reform and opening-up policy is a decision suitable for China's national conditions.

The cosmology of "harmony between man and nature" in Qin and Han Dynasties, the metaphysical pursuit of life by Zhuang Zen aesthetics, the important value of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties as moral metaphysics, and the separation of "governing the people" and "governing the law" in Ming and Qing Dynasties marked that China's traditional system of the integration of politics and religion was shaken and his thoughts gradually approached modern times.

First published in the 1980s, it became all the rage, even appearing on street bookshelves, and its popularity surpassed that of popular books such as martial arts novels.

This paper makes a horizontal and vertical comparison between several ancient schools that are similar at first glance, especially the author's academic accomplishment and skill, which is in-depth and impressive.

As for the traditional ideas criticized in modern times, this book points out that they still have desirable positive aspects, and to some extent, they have completed the academic "bringing order out of chaos".