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The Discrimination between Bibliographies by Quan and Zhang

Quan Zuwang and Zhang Xuecheng were both bibliognosts of Qing Dynasty. In Quan s theory of bibliography, there is neither the connotation of enlightenment thought nor the ideological content of, what is called the Yi Wen Xue An in Zhang s bibliographical thinking, which, together with his literary and historical thinking has reciprocal outward show and inner thought. He had founded the theory of new bibliography and developed a school of his own. It s true that his theory carries on the theories of his predecessors and those of the same generation of him,but it is by no means the product of "being very close"to any of theirs.