Ye Shi is noted for amending the mainstream Confucian ideology by focusing more on business, rejecting the ideas such as the giving of high priority to justice and low priority to profit. The school finally evolved into a unique school of thought in Chinese history, advocating for the importance of commerce, privatization, market economy, free trade, currency market while China by tradition values agriculture, concepts, and thoughts that were distinctly different.
Ye Shi modified the dominant Confucian doctrines by prioritizing business over justice. This led to the development of a unique school of thought in Chinese history that stressed commerce, privatization, market economy, free trade, and currency markets, whereas traditional Chinese values traditionally placed greater importance on agriculture, concepts, and thoughts.