自宋代开始,儒学从佛、道二教历时数百年的冲击所带来的阵痛中甦醒过来,重整旗鼓,再度振作,形成了自觉继承孔孟“道统”的新儒学。它和以往的儒学一样,自觉地从建立伦理秩序和培植理想人格的角度维护封建等级制度与纲常礼教,以期达到封建统治阶级理想 Since the Song Dynasty, Confucianism has woken up from the pain caused by the impact of the Buddhism and Taoism for hundreds of years. It has regained its momentum and rejuvenated itself. It formed a new Confucianism that consciously inherited Confucianism and Taoism. Like Confucianism in the past, it conscientiously maintains the feudal hierarchy and regular ethics from the perspective of establishing ethical order and cultivating ideal personality, so as to achieve the ideal of feudal ruling class