The social reformism thought to be seen in Kuyo learning which it was rooted in, largely influenced the social climate of late Qing, and became the theoretical basis for the Changing-System Self-Strengthening Movement by Ko Yui (Kang Youwei), etc.
その拠り所とする公羊学に見られる社会改革思想が清末の社会思潮に大きな影響を与え、康有為を始めとする変法自強運動の理論的根拠となった。