Qingru xue'an 清儒學案

Qingru xue'an 清儒學案 "Annals of Qing-period Confucians" an is a history of Qing-period 清 (1644-1911) philosophy compiled by Xu Shichang 徐世昌 (1858-1939), who was president (da zongtong 大總統) of the Beiyang government 北洋政府 of the Republic of China.

In his 208-juan long book, finished in 1938, he gives an overview of the activities, teachings and writings of 1169 philosophers of the Qing period and of the respective schools they belonged to. They are arranged in 179 so-called "cases" or "registers" (an 案) in the main part of the book and 922 in the appended part (fu'an 附案). A further appendix, the Zhuru xue'an 諸儒學案 includes 68 persons. In this way, the collection follows the example of the xue'an 學案 "scholarly cases" genre by combining several methods of historiography.

The Qing ru xue'an is a very important overview of Qing period philosophy that was modelled after Huang Zongxi's 黄宗羲 (1610-1695) Mingru xue'an 明儒學案. It was therefore republished in 1959 by the Zhongguo Shudian 中國書店 in a traditional thread-bound edition.

A supplement to the biographic collection, called Qingru xue'an xinbian 清儒學案新編, was compiled by Liu Xiangkui 楊向奎 (1910-2000) and published in 1985 by the Qi-Lu Shushe Press 齊魯書社. Is consists of 2 juan with 16 and 15 "scholarly annals" (xue an 學案), respectively, including the biographies of 36 scholars.