Zhang Taiyan had a very strong feeling of being an adherent of Ming dynasty, which was fully demonstrated by his cherishing and keeping Ming' s calendar, hats and clothes, diligently collecting the historical data of late Ming, admiring and modifying adherent of Ming such as Gu Yanwu and others. Driven by this feeling, Zhang Taiyan supplemented Ming history and did much textual research, which included his plan for editing of HOUMINGSHI, MINGTONGJIAN, and QING JIANGUOBIEJI and so on, and innovation of historical text such as outline index and ...