Meanwhile, the Setto school, which descended from Ko Sogi, excelled in history, and their representative, Sho Gakusei (Zhang Xuecheng), preached a Rikkei Kaishi theory, engaging in the research of Keisho from a historical point of view.
一方、黄宗羲の流れをくむ浙東学派は史学に長じ、その代表である章学誠は六経皆史の説を唱えて、経書の史学的研究に従事した。