本文是全面討論崔述（1740-1818）的學術在清代儒學中究應如何定位的專題研究。在檢討自清代至近年來的學者意見的基礎上，作者從四個方面來探討崔述的定位問題︰一、分析崔述對於陸王心學的態度；二、討論崔述和朱熹學術的關係；三、崔氏之學與清代漢學的對比；四、崔述學術有無門戶之見。通過對於上述重要問題的反思，可以認識到，崔述雖然經過其個人的精思，完成了一個特殊形態的儒學的研究，但其學仍屬於儒學知識主義（「道問學」）傳統在清代學術發展過程中的一個特例或曰變相。本文的討論澄清糾正了多 崔述在清代儒學定位之重新考察數研究清代學術思想史者對崔述學術定位的誤解，同時也提供了公允評價崔述歷史地位的觀點和標準。更有進者，此一主題的討論將有助於對清代儒學演變的複雜性和多樣性獲得一種新的了解。

This article is a comprehensive study of Ts'ui Shu (1740-1840), a Confucian classical scholar largely unrecognized by his contemporaries. It takes its topic from the reexamination of Ts'ui Shu's intellectual positioning in the Ch'ing Confucian studies. The article begins by identifying Ts'ui's criticism of the School of Mind-and-Heart and his inclination toward historical inquiry. Then it goes on to explore Ts'ui Shu's relations with Chu Hsi's learning, emphasizing Ts'ui's link with the tradition of intellectualism in Confucianism. The author compares Ts'ui Shu's scholarship with the Ch'ing dynasty's Han-learning scholars. Finally, he discusses where Ts'ui Shu fit into the intellectual sectarianism of Ch'ing Confucian learning. By drawing upon a variety of related texts, an attempt is made to demonstrate the complexity and diversity of the development of Ch'ing Confucianism and show how Ts'ui Shu's scholarship takes a unique position in both values it promotes and its overall significance within the broader context of the multiform Confucian tradition. Seen in this manner, Ts'ui Shu's voice, in speaking to scholars of later generations, is both unconventional and yet must still be considered a legitimate member of its own time and heritage.