臺灣古典散文研究之範疇，輒有盲點，是依文學發展？或依時代分期？是依地或依人？其文學史觀為何？作品之評價為何？歷來學者，頗有爭議。 析論臺灣古典散文，務須窺及台灣文學之全貌；形式上，以屬人與屬地主義為分期；內容上以風格為作品架構之主軸；思想之呈現，則以地域為考量；文學人物之研究為各種研究之基礎，此乃古典散文不可或缺者，廣蒐相關史料，考證作者生平事蹟，闡述作品風格，方能建構臺灣古典散文之基礎。

There have been some controversies among scholars about how classical Taiwanese essayists should be studies. Should we follow the literary development, the periodization scheme, the geographical location, or the authors? What is the historical perspective and the value of the literary works? These are all important and yet less explored topics in the research of classical Taiwanese essays. It is essential to take a comprehensive view which would take the whole of Taiwanese literature into account when researching classical Taiwanese essays. This paper proposes that researchers can structure their formal studies around authors and locations, structure their content analysis around style, and explore the thoughts of the essayists according the geographical distribution of the literary works. In addition, biographical studies, for example life stories and creation and style of works, are the basis of all fruther analyses of literary works, so they should also be included in any comprehensive studies of classical Taiwanese essays.