Although QIAN Da-xin proposes the question to Confucian school of idealist philosophy of the Song and Ming Dynasties in many categories, he holds Wang Yangming and ZHU Xi in high esteem.

• 尽管钱大昕对宋明理学的很多范畴提出质疑，但他对朱熹、王阳明正心诚意、主敬立诚的思想又十分推崇。