随着晚清常州公羊学派的兴起,诸儒逐渐开始舒缓汉宋之防,汉学的自我更新亦随之兴起。经学研究内部出现了一股以《公羊》解《论语》的热潮,尤以辑录何休《论语注训》为盛。其中,刘逢禄的《论语述何》被后人批评为师心自用,而有＂郢书燕说＂之讥;相比之下,刘恭冕的《论语注训》,或兢兢于辑录,或引申其说,间裁断于己,而又论证严谨,令人信服。刘氏以朴实的乾嘉学风为根基,去认同今文家的素王大义,故而产生一种事与理的融通,在晚清群经公羊化学潮中独树一帜,并对后学产生一定影响,应予肯定。

With the rise of the Changzhou School in the late Qing Dynasty, many Confucianists gradually began to ease the gap between Han Dynasty and Song Dynasty of learning, and the reform and change in Han learning sprung up. Within the study of Confucius classics, there was an upsurge of Gongyang to explain Confucius classics, especially famous for the collection of the Analects Note. For Liu Fenglu’s Lun Yu Shu He, many descendants criticized it because it was far-fetched. Compared with Lun Yu Shu He, Liu Gongmian’s Lun Yu Zhu Xun had many merits, such as it was conscientiously sum up, it could demonstrate deep meaning, it had its own conclusion, and it could convince people because of rigorously argument. Liu identified the“Crownless King” righteous of the present era, and produce a fusion of matter and reason. Therefore, he became unique in the group of studying the Analects in the Gongyang period in the late Qing Dynasty, which played a very important role for those who do r

何休作为汉代公羊学理论的总结者，依托对《春秋公羊传》的解释与发挥建构起自己的学说体系。借助于整顿和确立《春秋公羊传》义例，为困境中的今文经学做出了重要的贡献的同时，再一次高扬了“大一统”的旗帜。他通过对“春秋之五始”的逐条分析，从超越与现实两个维度论证了“大一统”的合理性与神圣性，并最终落脚于具有强烈现实指向的君臣关系。

He Xiu, the summarizer of the Gongyang Theory of Han dynasty , constructed his academic system on the basis of the interpretation and elaboration of Chunqiu Gongyang Zh uan.He made a great contribution to the Jinwen Theory in plight by readjusting and reconfirming the samples in Chunqiu Gongyang , meanwhile uplifted the Grand Unification Theory.He demonstrated the rationality and the holiness of the Grand Unification Theory via a-nalysis of the Five Beginnings in the practical and transcendental perspective to emphasize the relationship between Emperor and Ministers which was of great practical significance .