《公羊傳》與《穀梁傳》在闡發經義的同時也對相關歷史人物進行了符合其理論標準的形象塑造，進而通過各自塑造之形象支持其理論。在對魯隱公即位事件的闡釋中，二傳通過對隱公即位資格、政治才能及其與魯桓公關係的不同視角，分别塑造出「為桓而立」的隱公與合法繼位的隱公。而在齊桓公的問題上，二傳立足於諸侯、天子與《春秋》三種維度加以闡發，分別將齊桓公塑造成重建政治秩序的霸主與維護周天子政治秩序的方伯。
Gong Yang Zhuan and Gu Liang Zhuan do not only elucidate the classics but also portray the relevant historical figures in accordance with their theoretical standards and then support their theories through their own images. In the interpretation of the enthronement of Lu Yin Gong, through the different perspectives of his qualifications, political ability and his relationship with the Qi Huan Gong, the two biographies have respectively molded the Lu Yin Gong enthroning for Lu Huan Gong and the Lu Yin Gong, the legal successor to the throne. On the issue of Qi Huan Gong, the two biographies have elucidated based on the three dimensions of feudal princes, the emperor and the Spring and Autumn Annals, respectively, and the Qi Huan Gong was molded as the overlord of reconstructing the political order and the FangBo who maintained the political order of the emperor of Zhou Dynasty.
