The criticism of Cheng-Zhu on Wang?s mediationhelped to form Confucian school of Cheng-Zhu and build the theoretical systemof Neo-Confucianism, which led to the gradual decline of Buddhism.

• 程朱学派对王安石儒释调和思想的批驳既从反面促进了程朱学派的形成和道学理论体系的建立，又导致佛学地位日渐衰落。