本文嘗試透過觀察元豐官制評價的轉變，解釋當代學者論及元豐官改制時，對其施行目的呈現多元觀點的成因。文中首先從元祐時期切入，討論這段北宋最反新法的時期，士大夫們對改革官制的看法，實未如一般想像中的負面。而後再進入南宋，藉由分析政治、學術思潮隨時局變動而發生的轉變，解析南宋人評議元豐官制的政治意涵，已逐漸超越實際制度改革上之作用。最後比較上述幾個時段對元豐官制評價的異同，並檢視諸般議論的脈絡及其時代背景的關聯。了解過往對於元豐官制改革史的重建與議論經常將南宋人對元豐改制的看法視為直接史料，並成為如今理解「元豐官制改革」之歷史構成的重要骨架。故重新檢視「元豐官制改革史」的形成，有助於察覺史料本身的侷限，並反思影響一段歷史認知形成的各種因素。

This article illustrates the causalities of the transferred of the large-scale reform of the bureaucracy in the Yuanfeng (元豐) reign of the Song dynasty. It discusses scholar officials' judgments on reforming the bureaucracy during Yuanyou (元祐), which were not as negative as imagination. Then, while approaching the Southern Song Dynasty, analyzing the political meaning of Southern Song people's judgments on Yuanfeng reform through the study of alternations with the trend in politic and academic thoughts. Nevertheless, the discuss of the political reforms in Yuanfeng period by Southern Song people that directly affect the thoughts of modern scholars. Therefore, how to orientate the reform of bureaucracy system in Yuanfeng reign needs the more introspection and the more review.