进化史观逐渐替代传统史观，是中国思想近代转型中最基础、最重要的思想变迁之一，它深刻影响了中国人的自我认知和社会实践。太虚洞察到这一转型的深远影响，并对进化史观进行了批判性反思，并建构了“缘成史观”。这是中国思想史上首次明确的、系统的佛教历史观，其中蕴含着对生命、时间、历史及其相互关系的深刻理解。从现代性的角度出发，可以阐发这一理论的丰沛意涵，并揭示其重大的理论价值和现实意义。

The gradual replacement of the traditional historical view by the view of “evolutionary history” is one of the most fundamental and important ideological changes in the modern transformation of Chinese thought, which has profoundly affected the self-cognition and social practice of Chinese people. Having an insight into the profound implications of this transition, Master Tai-xu made a critical reflection on the view of “evolutionary history” and constructed the view of “causal history”. This is the first clear and systematic Buddhist view of history in China’s intellectual history. It contains a profound understanding of life, time, history, and their interrelationships. From the perspective of modernity, this paper elucidates the rich meaning of this theory, and reveals its great theoretical and practical significance.