《孟子》向来被视为子书,《汉书·艺文志》列在《诸子略》下儒家类,《隋书·经籍志》列为子部,在其后的《旧唐书·经籍志》《新唐书·艺文志》《崇文总目》《郡斋读书志》,始终将列在《孟子》子部;直至南宋目录家陈振孙作《直斋书录解题》开始把《孟子》列入经部。自此,《孟子》地位日显,注疏家益多,孟学渐成大观。自《孟子》出,自战国至两汉、魏晋、唐宋、元明清,发展时有波动,但总体呈上升趋势,其中宋代为《孟子》经学地位确立的关键时期,宋代学者乃是《孟子》升经运动的主力。 “Mencius” has always been regarded as a book, “Han Yi Wen Zhi” listed in “Confucianism” under the Confucian class, “Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi” as a subdivision, in the later “Old Tang · Ji Zhi ”“ New Tang Dynasty Art Records ”“ Chongwen Zongmu ”“ County Zhai Reading Records ”, will always be listed in the“ Mencius ”sub-section; until the Southern Song Dynasty catalogist Chen Zhen Sun“ Straight Zhai Catalog Solve questions ”began to“ Mencius ”column Enter the Department. Since then, the status of “Mencius” has become increasingly prominent. Since the “Mencius”, from the Warring States to the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development fluctuated from time to time, but the overall trend was upward. Song Dynasty was the crucial period for the establishment of Confucian classics status, Mencius "by the main movement.