Buddhism and Yuan Zongdao's Thinking on Literature Reformation

People usually think that it was Yuan Zongdao who first promoted the Xing Ling theory,yet in fact Yuan Zongdao also made a great contribution to the Xing Ling theory.It is Yuan Zongdao's thinking on literature reformation that heralded Yuan Zhongdao's Xing Ling theory.Yuan Zongdao had a good command of Buddhism,and he applied the temperament theory of Zen to his literature reformation.For example he advertised to cast off the yoke of Cheng Zhu Philosophy,to fight against echoing and imitating,and furthermore he advocated that writers should write individualized works to express their true feeling.