Because of the military weakness of the Northern Song, it was unable to resist the Jurchen people of the north, and Huizong was taken prisoner by the enemy, dying in Manchuria. However, his policies and the cultural atmosphere he created gradually blossomed, and China's exquisite civilization was greatly affected by his Taoist philosophical outlook.
雖然，軍事疲弱的北宋無法抵擋來自北方的女真蠻族，宋徽宗壯志未酬便被敵人俘虜、死於北疆，但他的政策、他所開創的文化氛圍卻逐漸開花結果，中國崇尚精緻優雅的文化走向，便深受他的「上清派」道家哲學觀影響。