宋恕是戊戌时期一位比较独特的启蒙思想家。他提出自秦后至晚清的意识形态实际是阳儒阴法 ,儒学真谛已经流于西土 ,这正是造成中国落后的深层次原因。认为中国欲图富强 ,必须打破当前陈腐的意识形态 ,恢复秦以前的儒学 ,即“复教” ;而要做到这一点 ,只能向已获儒学真谛的西方学习。宋恕的儒法之辨 ,尽管武断而不科学 ,但他的意图是借复古的外壳 ,行维新变法和学习西方之实 ,犹如儒学的“文艺复兴” ,在当时影响深远 Song Shu was a unique enlightenment thinker during the Wu Xu period. He proposed that the ideology from the post-Qin period to the late Qing Dynasty was actually Yangruyin and the true meaning of Confucianism was already flowing into the West. This is exactly the deep-seated reason for China’s backwardness. To think that China wants to be prosperous and strong, it is necessary to break the current and obsolete ideology and restore Confucianism before Qin Dynasty, that is, “re-education.” To do this, we must learn from the West, which is already Confucianistic. Song Shu’s distinction between Confucianism and legalism, though arbitrary and unscientific, was based on the ancient shell of extinction and for reforming and learning from the West. Like the “Renaissance” of Confucianism, Song Shu’s influence was far-reaching