He criticized the school of historical materialism with the magazine modern history that he held at his own expense. He maintained that the historical evolutionism understood by Hegelists was not periodic cycle and the comtism was linear evolutionism.

• 主张黑格尔主义与孔德主义相结合的历史进化论，认为黑格尔主义所认识的历史进化为非周期的循环，而孔德主义为直线进化论，因历史发展既有直线又有曲折，所以只有两相结合，才能全面认识历史的发展进程。