The New Tendency of Buddhism and Confucianism in Song Dynasty

The Chinese ancient academic idea had importantly changed in song dynasty. During the transform time, new tendency emerged from Buddhist monk and Confucianism in song China. This was the monk's confucianismization and confucianism's buddhismization in the formation and development of Neo- Confucianism. This new tendency brought new elements to China learning even China culture. Its emergence has dual meanings of learning and religious, worthy of making further research. This article, based on academic transform in Tang and Song dynasty, probe into the prominent appearance of culture in the history of Song learning, expect us to have a profound understanding of Song learning and its feature of times.