 Together with Zhang and Liu Shipei, the three were later termed "國學大師 (masters of Chinese scholarship, sinology)".Aside from scholarly contributions, they also aided the revolution remotely by creating an influential political newspaper "The People Journal" (“民报”) in addition to publishing various individual political writings.Huang Kan and Zhang Taiyan were the last great masters in the Chinese philological tradition, and helped lay the foundation of modern Chinese linguistics.