陈焕章在民国初年提倡尊孔，主要是为了保存和发扬国魂、国性和国粹，进而重建　国　民道德。他用现代西方人文主义学说重新解释孔子的一些思想，也是为了实现孔子学说的现　代转型，使孔子之道适应现代生活。从陈氏尊孔的实际效果来看，他是个失败者。这种失败　应主要归因于他对时代大势的错误判断，同时也与他对孔子学说的误读息息相关。　 Chen Huanzhang advocated respect for Confucius in the early Republic of China, mainly to preserve and promote the national spirit, national character and national essence, and then rebuild the national morality. He reinterprets some of Confucius’ ideas with the modern Western humanist theory as well as the modern transformation of Confucianism to adapt Confucius to modern life. From the real effect of Chen’s respect hole, he is a loser. This failure should be mainly attributed to his misjudgment of the general trend of the times and to his misreading of Confucianism.