The development of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty was mainly due to the fact that the countries in the Northern Song Dynasty faced civil strife and foreign invasion, and it was necessary to re-establish order in this special period. The birth of Neo-Confucianism also strengthened centralized rule to the greatest extent and improved the monarch's rights, which can only help maintain social stability. Later, after the Northern Song Dynasty established its own political power, there were still great differences in ideology. Therefore, Neo-Confucianism promoted Confucianism by spreading classics, which also laid the foundation for a certain knowledge theory system and maintained the life order of normal people. The theories of some people at that time, especially Wang Yangming, Lu Jiuyuan and Zhu, actually served the Southern Song Dynasty court to some extent.
Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties mainly emphasized a kind of social responsibility, especially in ancient times, because the main economy was a natural economic model, so from this perspective, the requirements were extremely high, which exceeded the actual situation, leading to many people who were duplicitous and always demanded others with extremely high ethical standards, reaching an extreme state. From this point of view, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties is also a change of thinking, especially for the re-inheritance and development of Confucius' Confucianism, but it is really quite different from the theory of the boy.
Finally, from now on, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties is still mixed in the evaluation of later generations, and prejudice and misunderstanding about Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties have always existed. In fact, the viewpoint of preserving nature and eliminating human desires in Neo-Confucianism of Song and Ming Dynasties has also been criticized by everyone.