After that, the Zen masters such as Butsuin Ryogen (仏印了元) and Daibai Hoei (大梅法英) appeared one after another and it had an influence as strong as the Rinzai sect in the Northern Sung period, but it gradually declined towards the end of the Northern Sung period.
その後も、仏印了元や大梅法英らの禅匠を輩出し、北宋代には、臨済宗と比肩する勢いを有していたが、北宋末には、次第に衰退していった。