Among the disciples of Confucius, Zeng Zi was the sole successor of sages' studies after Yan Yuan. Zeng Zi could have mutual understanding with and communicate with Confucius, and sense and respond to Confucius' wisdom on morality; therefore, he could achieve mastery through a comprehensive study of the subject, extend to expound Confucius' erudition and thought, use his own way to express, and have a profound opinion. The reason why he respected his teacher so much was because Confucius had a noble and virtuous character with obviously high morality. From Zeng Zi's attainments on scholastic and moral performance, the developmental traces of orthodox Pre-Qin Confucianism as well as the enlightenment and influence on the Confucian scholars of Song and Ming Dynasties can be observed. The reason why Zeng Zi had a gawky image was because of his conscientious, careful, benevolent, generous, and sincere personalities, and most Confucian scholars of Song and Ming Dynasties had same point of view. With the voice of approval at the moment, Zeng Zi grasped the way of sage; therefore, Wang Yangming thought Zeng Zi actually surpassed those radicals and ultraconservatives, and was a person of the golden mean of the Confucian school. He had ambition and moral fortitude for inflexible virtue, and insisting on changing the bamboo bed mat at his deathbed was the best example of his self-restraint cultivated at ordinary times. Zeng Zi carried out the principal of filial piety conscientiously, and he thought supporting and waiting upon the parents during their lifetime is more important than offering sacrifice to them after they die. Besides material supply, the crucial point to support and serve the parents is to follow their intentions to satisfy them. Being obedient but with euphemistic admonishment is a dutiful son that truly loves and respects his parents. He thought that our bodies come from our parents, and we must return our bodies back to our parents completely when we die. We must protect our bodies carefully to keep our bodies in good condition and to pursue the perfect character. Confucius established his doctrine with Ren (Benevolence), and used Ren to explain the consistent principles; Zeng Zi combined the rules of "Trying one's best to achieve oneself and others" and "Do not do to others what you don't want to be done to you" to comprehend Ren. Zeng Zi himself grasped Ren profoundly, and had especially deep moral consciousness; therefore, he shouldered the responsibility of living up to Ren with liberal-mindedness and perseverance. To make self-examination is a critical practice of sages' studies; Zeng Zi devoted his energy to it, and thus there was the theory of frequent reflection on three matters. All his life, he focused on the practice of exercising caution about his personal life; hence, he could maintain the spirit of sages' studies stably. Because working on being cautious when he was alone, he could act directly in accordance with justice for everything, and Mencius called that keeping the crucial part; the key point is pure heart, and Qi's fully blending with Dao (Tao) and justice, in order to manifest the greatest bravery. Zeng Zi not only truly understood the sages' studies of Confucius deeply, but practiced them personally. With Zeng Zi as the successor, there was Mencius later that highly disseminated the sages' studies.