The positivist school is the earliest school formed in the field of Chinese Studies in Modern Japan. Its basic concepts and research methods have lasted for more than a century. It has had and will continue to have an important impact studies of Chinese traditional culture in Japan. Most of the previous studies have commented on the positivist school from the methodology level，and few have made in-depth investigations on its view of traditional Chinese culture. As the second-generation scholar of the school，Kanda Kiichiro advocates to carry out “comprehensive” Sinology research while inheriting the academic paradigm of the founder. As for the overall view of the school，this idea can be said to be beyond the times. The article focuses on the study of Chinese Buddhist literature by Kanda Kiichiro to further explore the academic characteristics of that school and point out its advantages and disadvantages.