錢新祖教授對晚明儒學家焦竑的再發現做出了重要的貢獻。本文旨在肯定錢氏的 看法，認為（一）晚明反程朱的主流泰州學派孕育了清考證學的種子；（二）焦竑在晚明思 想界中是一個中心人物，他在中國思想史上亦應佔一特殊位置。

　　　　　It is much to the credit of the late intellectual historian Edward T. Ch'ien that Jiao Hong, a prominent Confucian scholar of Late Ming, was rediscovered. Unfortunately, the criticism by no less an authority than Professor Yu Yingshih has put the whole rediscovery issue in controversy. This paper attempts to re-confirm Professor Ch'ien's views on Jiao Hong by re-establishing the facts 1) that Ch'ing evidential research has indeed had its root in the scholarships of the Taizhou School of Late Ming,of which Jiao Hong was a leader, and 2) that Jiao Hong has contributed substantially to Neo-Confucian philosophy.