Zhang Taiyan, whose interpretation of classics was based on “Xiao xue-a reading of ancient classics prior to Qin dynasty”, advocated the establishment of literature thought of “taking characters as the criterion”, stressed the functioning role of ideographic expression of characters and its application, and tried to achieve the utmost effect of meticulous reasoning by invoking extensive arguments from Chinese and Western learnings. In his early years, Ren Hongjuan, inspired by Zhang Taiyan's interpretation of ancient classics, always adhered to his standpoint for Chinese learning on the road of saving country by science, insisted that scientific articles were also literature, and strived to reshape the Chinese people's outlook on life with a scientific literature outlook. Meanwhile, he examined the attitude of scientific literature view from the three dimensions of “righteousness from confucious classics, textual criticism and Ci zhang-poetry and literature”, establishing the idea of cherishing reality and preciseness for Chinese literature. Ren's “literature view” was a sign of an overall westernization of Chinese learning. His view reflected a separation of literature from modern academic learning and the path of the independent development of literati and modern scholars.