This set of conservative theories fitted in very well with the desire of rulers in a period of decline to strictly control the people, and so it was seized upon and applied by the feudal rulers, and had a great influence on society from that time on.
此時程、朱理學興起，這套保守的學說正好符合衰敗時期統治者欲嚴格控制人民的心態，於是被統治者看中並加以運用，對往後的社會產生莫大的影響。