This paper points out that the culture in Nantong is a kind of border culture and the character of the culture in Nantong is that it is influenced by both cultures in Huai and Wu areas,as the result,it has the characters of self-independence,stressing education and virtue and being opt for the golden mean and self-control.

The study of the classics was developed most vastly in the Huaihe River Valley and parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang where there were more scholars of the study of Confucian classics than other places and thererfore the status of the study was dignified most rapidly, due to the excellent geographic location, good economic basis, prominent political backing and profound .