不晚于朝鲜世宗十二年（1430），周敦颐、程颢、程颐、张载、邵雍、朱熹，即宋六儒已经从祀于朝鲜文庙。朝鲜肃宗四十年（1714），宋六儒升配于大成殿，形成朝鲜文庙独有的“十六哲”配享序列。朝鲜王朝致力于提升宋六儒的地位，与宋六儒比附方得入祀的东国贤儒，及其所表征的朝鲜王朝权威亦随之上升。抵至20世纪中叶，宋六儒配享制度受到冲击，周敦颐、程颐、张载与邵雍四人被移出大成殿，不久之后复入。这说明宋六儒是朝鲜道统谱系的重要组成部分，已经成为朝鲜半岛儒学传承的一种象征。
No later than 1430，Zhou Dunyi（周敦颐），Cheng Hao（程颢），Cheng Yi（程颐），Zhang Zai（张载），Shao Yong（邵雍）and Zhu Xi（朱熹）were enshrined in Korean Confucian temple. In 1714，six scholars of the Song Dynasty entered the Dacheng hall，forming a unique “Sixteen philosophers” sharing sequence of Korean Confucian temple. The Korean Dynasty is committed to improving the status of the six scholars in the Song Dynasty. The status of Korean scholars who are very similar to the six scholars in the Song Dynasty and the authority of the Korean Dynasty have also increased. By the middle of the last century，the allocation system of the six Confucianists in the Song Dynasty was impacted. Zhou Dunyi，Cheng Yi，Zhang Zai and Shao Yong were removed from the Dacheng hall and returned soon. This shows that the six Confucianists of the Song Dynasty are an important part of Korean DaoTong and have become a symbol of the inheritance history of Confucianism on the Korean Peninsula.
