Liang Q_1-chao (1873-1929) was a prominent enlightener, scholar, journalist, writer and politician in the late Ch'ing and Early Republican China. He created a new style of literary writing, which exerted a great influence upon young intellectuals. He was also a person of primary significance during the transitional period between the Westernization movement Promoted by Zeng Guo-fan and L_1 Hong-zhang of the Tong-cheng School, and the reform movement promoted by Kang You-wei of the Gong-yang School in which Liang himself played an important role. Under such circumstances, Liang inevitably displayed a complex attitude towards the Tong-cheng School This, however, has seldom been studied by recent scholars. In this paper is presented an analysis of Liang's remarks concerning the Tong-cheng school, his collected works, Yin-bing-shi he-ji, form the primary material. Reference is also made to discussions at the Symposium on the Tong-cheng Prefecture. Anhui, in November 1985.
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