Although You Zuo is said to have the same status as Yang Shi as a "Li" study scholars, but due to the reasons of his manuscripts not being handed down, the lack of succession and the supposed "Hou Geng Xue Zen" and other reasons, his philosophy was largely ignored. For a long time, it was viewed as his philosophies lacked insight and was considered a sinner to the Cheng Study heritage. And because of this, You Zuo's philosophy was therefore judged poorly and research on his philosophy was discounted by the scholars. In actuality, without the confinements of different teachings, and considering the historical background of the changes in the nature of philosophical thinking at that time to understand You Zuo's thinking, it can be clearly seen that: He developed "Use Zen to Achieve Dao", "Use Zen to Validate Confucianism" type thinking, and by using this logic, one can argue that his philosophy is up near the level of Chen and Zhu.
