黎立武《中庸指归》据"《易》与《中庸》相为经纬"的宗旨,分析了中庸之名义、关系,指出《中庸》学之传承历经舜孔、二程、兼山三个阶段,特别提出"《中庸》大旨实程、郭口传心授"之主张。他通过惟有深乎《易》者方能明《中庸》的方法论主张及对程子早晚之说的判定,指责朱子解偏离了程门正统,确立"兼山之学"在程门中的正统地位,显示出虽经朱子之强力整合,但元代仍有逸于朱子之外的程门学派的存在,这对深刻理解四书思想的诠释历史,把握程门学派的分化演变,认清宋元之间学术史的真实面貌皆具有启发意义。
In The Essentials of The Doctrine of the Mean,Li Liwu,under the criterion of "The Book of Changes and The Doctrine of the Mean as the basis of mutual interpretation",pointed out that the studies of The Doctrine of the Mean were carried on through three stages,namely the stage of Shun and Confucius,that of the Cheng Brothers and that of the Jianshan School by analyzing the definition and relation of the mean,and particularly offered the idea that "the outline of The Doctrine of the Mean was actually instructed by the Cheng Brothers and Guo Zhongxiao". Following the hypothesis that understanding The Doctrine of the Mean depends upon a deep comprehension of The Book of Changes and the Cheng Brothers' view of the different dating of the two works,he criticized Zhu Xi's interpretation deviated from the Cheng's tradition and determined "the studies of Jianshan"were the orthodox of the Cheng Studies. This showed in times of the Yuan Dynasty,regardless of the powerful integration of Zhu Xi,the Cheng school remained active. All this is inspiring to deeply understanding the history of interpretation of the Four Books,grasping the evolutionary division of the Cheng School and identifying the true features of academic history in times of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.