The new class of officials had plenty of plans for improving rural society, including the introduction of new modes of district organization, and it was this period that saw the emergence of what would now be called "integrated community development."
在鄉村裡，對社會充滿新計畫的士大夫們倡導社區組織，所謂的「社區總體營造」，在一千年前的宋朝是完全自發的。