在儒学体系中，六经的思想与诸子的思想有很大差别。儒家学者尝试通过“传记之学”，将“经”“子”两种不同学术形态整合为一个有机的思想整体。儒学因此既能够保留深厚的文化传统意识，又具有开拓的思想创新精神。在儒家思想的整合过程中，“经”“传”“子”的文献形态在不断发生变化。

There were great ideological differences between the Six Classics and the Pre-Qin scholars in the system of Confucianism. Confucian scholars made an attempt to integrate the two different academic forms — classics and commentaries — into an organic ideological system. So Confucianism could not only retain the profound consciousness of cultural tradition, but also keep with the pioneering spirit of innovative thought. In the process of the integration of Confucianism, constant changes took place in the literary form of classics, and in the commentaries of scholars.