谷梁子是《春秋谷梁传》学派的创始人,也是《春秋谷梁传》的最早的作者。《春秋谷梁传》的产生先于《春秋公羊传》,荀子对《春秋谷梁传》学术特色之形成起了决定性作用,其间当对《春秋谷梁传》多有损益。《春秋谷梁传》在先秦时代即有古文文本流传,《春秋谷梁传》的成书明显先于《春秋公羊传》。
Guliang Zi was the founder of the school of Chunqiu Guliang Zhuan and the earliest author of Chunqiu Guliang Zhuan.Tsunzi played a decisive role in the formation of academic feature of Chunqiu Guliang Zhuan.There was an ancient-character edition of Chunqiu Guliang Zhuan spreaded in the Pre-Qin period;therefore,this writing is obviously earlier than Chunqiu Gongyang Zhuan.