陳立著《公羊義疏》,自言要篤守《公羊》何休家法,從其徵引、疏解同為何休所作之《公羊墨守》、《左氏膏肓》、《榖梁廢疾》及鄭玄駁何休而作《發墨守》、《箴膏肓》、《釋廢疾》經說的情況來看,是以《春秋公羊解詁》為中心,何休三書為輔,在此範疇內疏解《公羊》。從其對何休三書說法的分判來看,陳立對何、鄭論辯六書的性質尚不明確,仍是依據《解詁》建立的何氏家法為標準,取其中不相違背而能補充說明者納入家法之範疇,相矛盾之處則以《解詁》為正。而鄭玄三書中可與之相發明處,也會為陳立認可,亦是其採納多家說法以證《公羊》何氏義的體現。雖然陳立於三世說、三科九旨等《公羊》大義發揮不多,但其疏解時始終以何休《解詁》之說為準,反而更表現出對於何氏家法的堅守。此外,《公羊義疏》在徵引、疏解何、鄭說法中對於劉逢祿等清儒經說的關注,仍有可進一步研究之空間。
This study focuses on He Xiu's academic tradition of Gongyang jiafa (Gongyang School) in Gongyang yishu, an annotated edition of Gongyang zhuan with an exegesis written by Chen Li. In addition to a book interpreting Gongyang zhuan, He wrote three other books discussing the differences among three annuals of Chunqiu. Zheng Xuan also wrote three books in order to debate He Xiu. From the specific quotations and explanations of these six books in Gongyang yishu, it can be seen that Chen, who regarded He's Jiafa as the standard for interpretative criteria in his book, relied mainly on He's booklength interpretation of Gongyang zhuan, but supplemented it with material from He's three other books. Chen was not interested in the context of the debate between He and Zheng, and instead just focused on adopting the opinions in He's three books which did not contradict Gongyang jiafa established in He's book interpreting it. Moreover, wherever Zheng's opinion supported Gongyang jiafa, Chen accepted it as further evidence of Jiafa's objectivity and rationality. Though Chen did not devote much discussion to the "three ages theory" (sanshishuo) and the "three essentials and nine regulations" (sanke jiuzhi), which are usually considered the Gongyang jiafa's central theories, his explanations make it obvious that he steadfastly supported Gongyang jiafa. Finally, this paper demonstrates there is still room for further research of the quotations from Confucians in Qing Dynasty in Gongyang yishu.