In Studies in Song-Ming Lixue and Political Culture, Yu Ying-shih showed that after Wang Yangming's Enlightenment at Longchang, he despaired at the idea of "winning the favor of the emperor to do one's work," such that he "utterly turned away from the emperor and the imperial court, and turned to the populace," and resorted to "enlighten the people to do one's work." Yu's work greatly contributed to the study of early modern Chinese thought. Nevertheless, "winning the favor of the emperor" and "enlightening the people" do not necessarily conflict. In particular, Yangming had new hopes when Emperor Shizong administered his reformation. What's different is that having experienced the turmoil of political life, Yangming's understanding of "winning the favor of the emperor to do one's work" has departed from the Neo-Confucians of the two Song Dynasties, such that he came up with the idea of "winning the favor of the emperor to do one's work," which is an expression of his idea of "offering power to the Junzi." Through interactions with governmental companions and his students, these ideas greatly influenced the political regime of Shizong. Henceforth, Yangming's school was able to "have students all over the earth for hundreds of years," because of the fruits of "enlightening the people" and "offering power to the Junzi."