Neo-Confucianism became the dominant philosophy of the Song period. The founder of Neo-Confucianism was Zhu Xi. Neo-Confucianism renewed the original view of Confucian . The renew was needed because China started to become more and more exposed to foreign religion, and saw a lack of development in their own religion. The reform helped to reinterpret the ancient idea to modern of China.
Confucians of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) studied the classical works of their faith, but were also familiar with Buddhist teachings. Buddhist thought offered to them many things that they considered worthy of admiration, including ideas not yet fully explored by Confucianism. Song Confucians drew greatly from Buddhist thought as well as their own traditions, thus giving rise to the name of Neo-Confucianism.
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