一根据杨念群的研究,中国儒家文化在近代表现出了相当的空间性差异,不同“地理单元”的知识群体具有传承其自身思想文化传统的力量,并且最终影响了不同知识群体的思维和行动方式。杨念群讨论了湖南、江浙、岭南三大“儒学地域化”传统(杨念群,《儒学地域化的近代形态——三大知识群体互动 According to Yang Nianqun’s research, Confucianism in China shows considerable spatial differences in modern times. The knowledge groups of different “geographical units” have the power to inherit their own ideological and cultural traditions, and ultimately affect the thinking of different knowledge groups Way of action. Yang Nianqun discusses the three major traditions of “Confucianism regionalization” in Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Lingnan (Yang Nianqun, "The Modern Form of Confucianism Localization - The Interaction among Three Kinds of Knowledge Groups