It was seriously distorted later, and became an ideological tool adopted by the radical party to attack the conservative party, thus shadowing the historical studies in late Northern-Song Dynasty.

• 在北宋后期的新旧党争中，这一学术思想被严重扭曲、变形，并与权力合谋，成为新党打击旧党的意识形态工具，从而为北宋后期的史学进程带来厄运。