经世致用是方宗诚《读宋鉴论》的主要撰述旨趣。在《读宋鉴论》中,方宗诚通过对北宋兴亡得失的批评,反射时事,包含了对现实的强烈关注,积极宣扬理学经世,并从人才思想、军事国防思想等方面为晚清提供鉴戒,体现了强烈的经世致用思想,并将以史经世与解决当时社会危机、民族危机紧密结合在一起,显示出鲜明的时代责任感,在一定程度上实现了对于传统史学资治、鉴戒思想的超越。 Practical use is Fang Zongcheng “Reading Song Kam On,” the main purpose of writing. In “Reading Song’s Commentaries,” Fang Zongcheng, through his critique of the success or failure of the Northern Song Dynasty, reflects current events and contains strong concerns about the reality, proactively promotes Neo-Confucianism and provides guidance to the late Qing Dynasty from such aspects as human resources thinking and military defense thinking , Which embodied a strong thought of using the past and the practical due to the world and closely integrated history with the world with the solution of the social crisis and national crisis of that time. It showed a clear sense of responsibility in the times, and to a certain extent, Transcendence of thought.