Empirical research,which taking evidence as the basis of philosophy,once received full-attention in the history of comparative education research and was developed and perfected under the efforts of some comparative education researchers.Under the background of globalization,the post-modern theory,critical theory and constructive theory pushed forward the qualitative research.It was gradually applied to the field of comparative education research and even became a common trend.Based on the further academic reviewing of empirical research and qualitative research,some ideas about comparative education research are presented in this paper.