在宋代道教受到重視、十分繁榮的背景下，其道教老學發展到了新的階段，主要特點表現在：對《老子》詮釋的學理性進一步增強，心性理論的闡揚，儒、道、釋思想的進一步融合等等。宋代道教老學的發展特點，既反映出道教教義、思想在宋代所出現的新變化，同時也典型地體現了宋代學術的時代精神。

In the Song Dynasty Daoism was important and very prosperous, and in this background the Daoism study on Lao Zi developed into a new phase. The doctrinal interpretation of Lao Zi is strengthened, the theory of disposition was explained and developed, and the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism were integrated, etc. These main characteristics of the development of the Daoism study on Lao Zi not only reflected the new change of the Daoism doctrine and the thoughts in the Song Dynasty, but also typically represented the academic spirit of the Song Dynasty.