The period from the late Ming dynasty to the early Qing  dynasty was a special era during which one feudal dynasty replaced another.It was also an important historical stage in Chinese traditional Learning during which Hanxue supplanted Songxue .Mao Qiling was a representative scholar of this process of social and intellectual change.He opposed Lixue,stressed textual research,and opened up a new sphere of Learning for Later scholars.Although Mao Qiling’s intellectual accomplishments were rather limited,he played an important role in  the Ming-Qing intellectual transition.