在整個八十年代，只有「狂人」發現李澤厚的「西體中用」對傳統仍抱有溫情與敬意、是一種不徹底的「全盤西化」，由此對李澤厚構成了直接挑戰和實質性威脅。九十年代，由於國內知識份子物質生活改善緩慢、「放逐現實、回避問題」的學風以及蘇東劇變的國際環境，「告別革命論」得以成為此時的中心問題；李澤厚與「告別革命論」的批判者各執一詞、互不退讓。新世紀初葉十年的學界特徵是「專家凸顯」；受制於學界渙散、缺乏導向及史學敘事碎片化的影響，此時的李澤厚研究缺乏中心問題，亦出現「碎片化」現象。近十年的學界特徵是「學術圈凸顯」，李澤厚2010年提出「中國哲學登場」是此時的中心事件，隨著「中國特色哲學社會科學」概念的提出與中國學術研究本土化的推進，期刊開闢專欄、舉行會議，推動學術對話，李澤厚正式成為中國學者總結本土經驗的學術資源。

Throughout the 1980s, only KUANG REN found that Li Zehou's XI TI ZHONG YONG still held warmth and respect for tradition and was an incomplete full westernization. This posed a direct challenge and a real threat to Li Zehou. During the 1990s, due to the slow improvement of the material life of domestic intellectuals, the academic style of exiling reality and avoiding problems, and the drastic changes in the international environment of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, “farewell to revolution theory” became the central issue at this time. Li Zehou and critics of “farewell to revolution theory”, due to the limitations of analytic philosophy, both faced certain truths but were unable to reconcile with each other. In the first decade of the new century, the academic world was characterized by the fading of scholars and the prominence of experts. Constrained by the fragmentation of the academic world, the lack of orientation, and the fragmentation of historical narratives, Li Zehou's research at this time lacked central issues, leading to even further fragmentation. The academic community during the past ten years has been characterized by the prominence of the academic circle. Li Zehou proposed in 2010 that the debut of Chinese philosophy was the central event at this time. With the proposed concept of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics and the advancement of localized academic research in China, journals opened columns, held conferences, and promoted academic dialogue. Li Zehou has officially become an academic resource for Chinese scholars to summarize local experiences.