根據康有為自編年譜《我史》所記載，“光緒十二年丙戌二十九歲，……是歲作《康子內外篇》，內篇言天地人物之理，外篇言政教藝樂之事。”換算返即係大約西曆1886年至1887年初。呢本書入面有九篇曾經喺1899年刊登咗《清議報》上面，其餘有六篇未刊手稿。
According to Kang Youwei's self-compiled chronology "My History", the twelfth year of Magnesium Guangxu was twenty-nine years old,...... It is the year's work "Kangzi Inner and Outer Chapters", the inner part talks about the principles of heaven and earth, and the outer part talks about politics, education, art and music. "Converted back to about 1886 to the beginning of 1887 in the Western calendar. Nine of the articles in this book were published in the Qing Yi Bao in 1899, and the remaining six were not published in manuscripts.