《道统考》为王圻《续文献通考》所增益的“六考”之一,其中所谓“理学名儒类”,是《道统考》所包容的内容。但是清初重修《续文献通考》,在剽窃王圻原书的同时,也以芜杂为由,把包括《道统考》在内的六考全部删去。显然,清初的馆臣没有意识到王圻安排《道统考》于《续文献通考》中的苦心。研究《道统考》在《续文献通考》中的地位,是研 “Taoist Test” is one of the “Six Tests” of Wang Tong's “Continued Literature Examination”, in which the so-called “Confucian classics of Confucianism” is the content contained in “Taoist Test.” However, at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the “Continued Literature Examination” was rebuilt. While plagiarizing the original books of Wang Jin, all the six tests including “Daoist Test” were deleted on the ground of disorder. Obviously, the patriarchs in the early Qing Dynasty did not realize that Wang Kui had painstakingly arranged the “Tao Daokong” in the “Continued Literature Examination.” The study of “Dao test” in the “continued literature pass test” status is research