Liu Ji's Confucianism directly influenced the style of study in the early Ming Dynasty. It combines various schools of Neo-Confucianism, Confucianism and Taoism complement each other, embodies the characteristics of the early Ming Dynasty, and influences the academic trend of thought in the early Ming Dynasty.
Liu Ji (13 1 1 July1375 May 16), Han nationality, was a native of Nantian Township, qingtian county (now wencheng county, Zhejiang Province), so he was called Liu Qingtian, a military officer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. In the ninth year, Wu Zongzheng granted a surname posthumously, posthumous title Wencheng, who was later called He Wencheng Gong. Liu Ji, who knows the classics and history, knows astronomy and is good at using troops, is also known as the four famous people in eastern Zhejiang with Song Lian, Ye Chen and Zhang Yi. He assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to complete the imperial industry, founded the Ming Dynasty, and tried his best to maintain the stability of the country, so he became famous all over the world and was compared to Zhuge Wuhou by later generations. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly called Liu Ji: "My ovary is also." In the history of literature, Liu Ji, Song Lian and Gao Qi are called "the great poets in the third day of Ming Dynasty". China folk widely circulated that "the world is divided into three parts, and Liu Bowen is unified; Zhuge Liang, a former strategist, and Liu Bowen, a later strategist. He is famous for his clever calculation and strategizing.