For Shaolin it was again a good time but also a time of change. The Confucian school of idealist philosophy was in the making, while the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucian were in collaboration. This may have been the time when Shaolin Temple Buddhists and Wudang Mountain Taoist's may have made their first connections. The Wudang mountain may have been one of the refuges that the persecuted Shaolin escaped to during the declining years of the Tang and the unruly periods following. Another coincident's at this time was the inclusion of Animal Metaphors into the Wudang style of the era. Then there is also an account of Shang Sang Feng.