Textual scholars in Qing Dynasty believed that "the six classics contained Dao",their fundamental method being textual study through the interpretation of Chinese characters.The basic divergence between Zhang Xuecheng and textual scholars lay in their different views of language.On the one hand,Zhang Xuecheng held that meaning sometimes goes beyond words,therefore textual research should pay more attention to the author's inner world rather than only concentrate on linguistic analysis.On the other hand,Zhan...