黃宗羲與陳確（乾初）的論辯，於明末清初的哲學轉型中，是一重要公案，也代表著宋明儒學的轉型而過渡到清儒實學的開始。在近人研究中，或是把陳乾初的思想看得太高，認為黃宗羲晚年思想受了乾初的影響而改變；或是把乾初的思想貶得太低，把它等同於告子生之謂性的傳統。同樣地，近人研究，對於黃宗羲思想的定位亦不清楚，亦不能給予一合理而中肯的地位。

The forum of debate between Huang Zong-Yi and Chen Chien-Chu is a major publicly known archive in the transformation of Philosophy during the last of Ming Dynasty and beginning of Ching Dynasty. It also represents the beginning of the transformation of the Confucian Learning of Song and Ming Dynasty transition to the practical Confucians of Ching Dynasty. In the studies by recent generations, they have either eye the thoughts of Chen Chien-Chu too much higher by thinking that the final years of thoughts of Huang Zong-Yi was changed by the effect from Chien-Chu or have eye the thoughts of Chien-Chu too much lower by thinking that it is equal to the tradition of born with Nature by Gau-Tze. Similarly, the studies by recent generations are also vague in defining