熊十力係跟從支那內學院嘅歐陽竟無學習唯識（即係法相宗），然後喺1922年任教北大 。喺北大期間熊十力慢慢改變自己嘅佛教派系，由唯識宗改變成法性宗，後來認為儒學可以令唯識進步，而且改變人民思想，於是就喺1932年出版咗呢本書 。
Xiong Shili followed Ouyang of the Shina Inner Academy to study only knowledge (that is, Faxiangzong), and then taught at Peking University in 1922. During his time at Peking University, Xiong Shili slowly changed his Buddhist sect from the Enlightenment Sect to the Dharma Sect, and later believed that Confucianism could make the Enlightenment progress and change the people's thinking, so he published this book in 1932.