In the Southern Sung period, Wanshi Shogaku and Shinkatsu Seiryo, who were disciples of Shijun, appeared and kept the sect's tradition called 'Mokusho-Zen' (Zen which emphasizes mediation), but it had less influence than the Rinzai sect.
南宋代には、子淳の下から宏智正覚、真歇清了が出て、「黙照禅」と呼ばれる宗風を維持したが、その宗勢は、臨済宗には遠く及ばなかった。