What is the reason for the rising status of Confucianism from the pre Qin period to the Western Han

Updated on culture 2024-04-25
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    The fall of Qin shows that pure legalism is flawed, and in the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang only used Confucianism to decorate the façade at first, and by the time of the reign of Wenjing, the rule of the country used Taoist inaction to allow the common people to recuperate. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che changed the style of the previous generations of inaction, became fond of tossing, and naturally could no longer use the Taoist idea of inaction, so he enabled Dong Zhongshu's Confucian doctrine of the unity of heaven and man, and respected Confucianism. Confucian education also gave cultural people a collective thinking of hierarchy and inferiority, loyalty and patriotism, which was beneficial to China's social stability and economic development at that time.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Defend the monarch's mind.

    Confucianism experienced Qin Shi Huang.

    After the book burning and Confucianism incident, the idea of maintaining the unified power of the monarchy was gradually established, and the reason for the rise of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

    In order to promote his great unification, Confucianism, which was conducive to rule, was chosen as the orthodox ideology. In addition, after Dong Zhongshu.

    The transformed Neo-Confucianism, such as the divine right of the monarch, catered to the ruling ideology of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so it was vigorously respected and became the orthodox ideology of China's feudal society for more than 2,000 years.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    The need for the means of imperial power, in short, the controllers of the empire believed that Confucianism would help to rejuvenate the country and stabilize the country for a long time, so they vigorously propagated it, so it could flourish.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Because during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to consolidate the centralization of power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to respect "Confucianism". Among them, there is a famous representative named Dong Zhongshu, who sorted out the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius and introduced "Confucianism", the slogan is "Depose the Hundred Schools of Thought, Respect Confucianism Alone" First, Dong Zhongshu put forward a series of propositions in Neo-Confucianism to meet the needs of the times, "heaven and man induction", "divine authority of the monarch" is conducive to the ruler's rule.

    Second, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty vigorously promoted the development of Confucianism, fully affirmed the idea of Neo-Confucianism, and hired hundreds of Confucian scholars to participate in national politics and establish Taixue, so that all scholars in the world learned Confucian classics because Confucianism adapted to the needs of the rulers, and its truth could stabilize the hearts of the people, thus contributing to the rule of the rulers, which also had a great relationship with the prosperity of the country and the stability of the people's lives during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    In order to promote his great unification, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose Confucianism, which was conducive to rule, as the orthodox ideology. In addition, the neo-Confucianism reformed by Dong Zhongshu, such as the divine grant of monarchy, catered to the ruling ideology of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so it was vigorously respected and became the orthodox ideology of China's feudal society for more than 2,000 years.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Dong Zhongshu successfully reformed Confucianism, based on Confucianism, widely drawing on the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought, establishing Neo-Confucianism, advocating "heaven and man induction", "divine authority of the monarch", and preaching "great unification" and "three outlines and five constants".At this time, Confucianism was "internal law and external Confucianism", which met the needs of strengthening the centralization of power. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gladly accepted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion and implemented policies such as "deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" and revitalizing Taixue, prohibiting the spread of other schools' thoughts, so that Confucianism gradually became the orthodox ideology of China's feudal society.

    Features: Based on Confucianism, Confucianism, Legalism, and Taoism are combined with each other and penetrate each other. Confucianism is religious, scholastic, and politically institutionalized.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    During the period from Emperor Wu to Emperor Wen, Huang Lao's thought was mainly pure and inactive, and since Emperor Jing, Confucianism has been the mainstay, advocating "promising".

    In the early period of the Western Han Dynasty, affected by the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, all industries withered, and the national strength weakened, and it was urgent to restore social productivity. And the people are also eager to get out of the shadow of the harsh and tortured Qin Dynasty. In addition, the Western Han Dynasty, which was established from the war, did not have enough strength to implement a thorough centralization of power internally, and did not have a strong national strength to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu externally, so the ruler needed a period of peace to accumulate strength.

    Along with the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Huang Laozhi's theory, which advocated purity and inaction, met the needs of social development and the rule of the Qing losers. It was greatly promoted in the early Han Dynasty.

    During the period of Emperor Jing, the Western Han Dynasty experienced the great development of the rule of Wenjing, and the national strength became stronger and stronger. At this stage, Huang Laozhi's theory can no longer meet the development of society. Moreover, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms also exposed the shortcomings of Huang Lao's thought, and the long-term laissez-faire made the feudal kingdom and the local noble clan more and more arrogant.

    During the period of Emperor Wu, Dong Zhongshu's neo-Confucianism was formed, which softened the idea of Taoism and Yin and Yang, and put forward the ideas of "great unification", the induction of heaven and man, and the unity of heaven and man. Neo-Confucianism meets the needs of the ruler for national unity and centralization, and uses Confucianism to maintain the social hierarchy. Regardless of the unity of heaven and man, the restraining effect of heaven and man on the imperial power, the unification of Daqi Zhengmu was proposed, which catered to the idea of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacking the Xiongnu in the north and using troops in South Vietnam.

    And "overthrowing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" also solved the problems of ideological unity, so the change of the mainstream thought of the Western Han Dynasty is inevitable for social development.

    The above is a personal opinion only.

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