From 960 to 1279, China was a dynasty that inherited the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and started the Yuan Dynasty. Divided into two stages, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, it is an era of high prosperity in commodity economy, culture and education and scientific innovation in China history. Zen was very popular in the Song Dynasty. Zen emphasizes a thorough understanding of the mind and the realization of Buddhism. At the same time, it advocates conforming to destiny in life attitude, which has its own uniqueness and coincides with Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi's inaction thought.

Therefore, it was easily accepted by the literati in the Song Dynasty and became an important spiritual pillar for them to face the difficulties in life. The conscious acceptance and profound understanding of Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and Laozi and Zhuangzi, coupled with the traditional Confucian attitude of "being poor and being alone", gradually formed a unique spiritual accomplishment and rational pursuit, which made Song people's mental outlook and attitude towards life generally detached and philosophical, and gradually accumulated into a generation of social fashion.

Social system in Song Dynasty;

In rural areas, the clan system has become the main reason for maintaining society, and the management below the county level is completely carried out through "township security" and "patriarch". Under the influence of Neo-Confucianism and scholars, the government handles social assistance; Influenced by learning, the merchant class funded social assistance. In addition to setting up academies and concluding township agreements to encourage moral character, the content of assistance is generally to set up compulsory villages to help the poor and the orphans and subsidize education; Run a social warehouse and apologize for the shortage; Do Jiabao to supplement local armed forces and protect the people.