Abstract: In view of the blooming of Buddhism and Taoism, the Northern Song witnessed a far-flung intellectual movement of Confucianism Revival. It could be traced back to the Mid-Tang Dynasty, and was known as one of the most significant topics in the Chinese intellectual and cultural history. What this movement tried to revive is: 1)Reinterpretation of Confucian classics by replacing commentary on chapters and sentences with Neo-Confucianism; 2)Replacing the “heresy” of Buddhism and Daoism with the Confucian Way; 3)Revival of Confucian practical learning by replacing the old useless learning with the pragmatic learning. Combining the above three constitutes the core content of Confucianism revival movement in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Key words: the Northern Song Dynasty, Confucianism revival, the study of chapters and sentences, Buddhism and Taoism, the pragmatic learning