范仲淹作為宋學的開創者，在創通經義、革新政令與書院講學等方面奠定了宋學的精神。他在創通經義方面的成就主要體現在易學研究領域。雖然范仲淹的義理易學與王弼有承傳關係，但是王弼易學是以老莊之道解《周易》，而范仲淹則在《易義》中堅持了儒學的精神。他通過解二十七卦而「闡明儒理」，努力建構一種新時代的義理易學。他推動了玄學型易理向宋學型易理的轉型，體現出宋學的學術精神。范仲淹對宋代易學代表胡瑗、程頤產生了一定影響，也表明他在宋學史上的開創者地位。將范仲淹的易學納入到從玄學到理學的易學演進發展的學術視野之中，能夠對范仲淹在宋學史上的地位有進一步的認識和理解。

As an inaugurator, Fan Zhongyan laid the foundation of Song School in comprehending classics’ original meaning, renovating government decree and lecturing in academy. Concerning the first part, his achievements mainly reflected in the studies of the Book of Changes. Although there is a line of succession between Fan Zhongyan’s view about the Book of Changes and Wang Bi’s, yet, Wang tended to understand it in the way of Taoism while Fan persisted in Confucianism. He interpreted the twenty-five hexagrams to illuminate Confucianism and constructed a different study of the Book of Changes in the new era by promoting its’ transition from Neo-Taoism to Neo-Confucianism, the academic essence of which has been reflected as well. Also, Fan Zhongyan’s influence on Hu Yuan and Cheng Yi indicates his position as an inaugurator in the history of Song School. And including Fan’s opinion on the Book of Changes into the transition will be able to help us to get further understanding about this position.