Jiao Hong's lofty academic status and social prestige in the history of China is "a scholar who has lived in the Confucian scholars for a long time and lived in the north", which can be seen from the evaluation of historians, their teachers and students, friends and even Chinese and foreign scholars, and has been mutually confirmed:
-Huang Zongxi, a thinker and famous scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, commented: "Mr. Wang has accumulated tens of thousands of books and read them briefly. Where Jinling people gathered, Mr. Wang presided over the altar, like water going to the valley, and advocated the rate of Neo-Confucianism, which (Wang Mingshizhen) could not match. " ("Ming Confucianism Case" Volume 35).
-Zhang Qing's senior minister, cabinet scholar, minister of war, and "the elder of the Three Dynasties" wrote in Ming History that he was not only the backbone of Yangming's mind, but also a learned scholar. The so-called "Ji Bo and Shu Qun, from history books to official history essays, are flooding." (Ming History, Volume 288).
—— Xu Guangqi, a famous scientist, agronomist and politician in the late Ming Dynasty, said in the preface to "The Continued Book of Mr. Zun Lian Yuan Jiao": "My teacher, Mr. Lian Yuan, marked the sea with virtue, and his writings" are all regarded as crown boats. "
-A good friend and scholar, Gu Jieyuan, wrote in his epitaph: "The official career of Mr. Wang was in Jinma Yutang, the rank of Mr. Wang was in Confucian Garden, the great cause of Mr. Wang was in famous mountains and rivers, the wind of Mr. Wang was in Kyushu, and his legacy was in Shi Huai."
-Geng Dingli, the brother of Jiao Hong, the director of the Ministry of Housing and the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty, said in the Preface of Jiao Taishi's Lianyuan Collection: Because Jiao Hong "has high knowledge, good education, knows everything, and studies six arts." "People at home and abroad can't help but sigh, it's rare."
-Huang Ruheng, a calligrapher, scholar, chief secretary of Jiangxi Province and close friend in the Ming Dynasty, said in "Mr. Song Jiao's Weak Hou": Scholars in all directions are proud of seeing weak Hou. The so-called "everyone in the world knows everything, and being accepted by her husband is like boarding the dragon gate." The officials who stayed in the capital are all officials with less than six grades, and they have great doubts and doubts. They all bow down to teach. "
-Italian Matteo Ricci (1552- 16 10) wrote in Jiao Hong's memoirs:
"At that time, there lived an outstanding citizen in Nanjing. He has the highest degree (according to: Jiao Hong is the top scholar), and China people think this is a high honor in itself ... As we have already mentioned, this man is known as the leader of the three major religions in China. He has a high prestige in teaching. " (Notes of Matteo Ricci China, pp. 358-359).
Jiao Hong became a master of Confucianism, Mencius, Buddhism, Taoism and Western learning in the late Ming Dynasty.
As a scholar, he integrated various academic thoughts without being extreme, which not only broke through the conservative bondage of reformist "public security school", but also did not go to Li Zhi's "extreme left" extreme. Although not as harsh as his proté gé Xu Guangqi, he is an insightful scholar who embraces new knowledge with his inclination.
Jiao Hong was a man who stood at the peak of late Ming thought and could "keep pace with the times".