Why didn t Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrange for Dong Zhongshu to work by his side?

According to my own understanding, Dong Zhongshu just put forward an idea, which just met the needs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but if you look carefully at Dong Zhongshu's point of view, his knowledge meets the political needs, and it has no value in itself, and even led to the prevalence of the Western Han Dynasty in the later Dynasty, with a strong superstition color, and he has an unshirkable responsibility.

Just like Qin Shi Huang, although he used Han Feizi's Legalist doctrine, he still didn't kill him.

It was said that Li Si was jealous.

Isn't his emperor nodding?

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he asked some virtuous literary scholars from all over the country to participate in the consultation, and Dong Zhongshu was among these recommended literary scholars. In this strategy, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty successively asked Dong Zhongshu the fundamental principle of consolidating his rule, the political skills of governing the country, and the induction of heaven and man. When Dong Zhongshu was there, he elaborated on the induction of heaven and man, and told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty about the relationship between divine right and human rights.

And this "depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone" is the suggestion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu.

But this was only a rumor, and after a long debate between Confucian experts and Confucian scholars, the final conclusion was seriously put forward: Dong Zhongshu did not propose to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to "depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone". As for why they say that, let's talk about the reasons why they say so.

First of all, what is written in "The Biography of Dong Zhongshu" is "Pushing the Kong family and suppressing the hundred schools", while "Emperor Wu Ji Zan" is written "putting out a hundred schools of thought and commending the "Six Classics", and there is no statement of "deposing a hundred schools and respecting Confucianism alone", which is obviously not in line with "Dong Zhongshu put forward to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to 'depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone', let alone the suggestion of Dong Zhongshu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, to "depose a hundred schools and respect Confucianism alone".

Secondly, it is the fact that the entire Han Dynasty did not "depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", if it is said that the suggestion of Emperor Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty to "depose the hundred schools and respect Confucianism alone" was made, then it would be implemented in the Han Dynasty, but it was not, so the suggestion of Emperor Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty to "depose the hundred schools and respect Confucianism alone" is not a fact.

What suggestions Dong Zhongshu made to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are explained as follows

Dong Zhongshu has always been worried and cautious, lest something happen to him after a long time, so he resigned and went home four years later on the grounds of old age and illness. Since then, it has ended his career as a Shilu. Dong Zhongshu didn't ask anything in his later years, just buried himself in reading and writing.

Although he resigned from his official position, there were important matters in the imperial court, and he often sent people to his house to ask him for advice, and Dong Zhongshu had a very clear opinion. Later, Zhang Tang compiled some of the materials asked Dong Zhongshu into the book "Spring and Autumn Prison Break". Although Dong Zhongshu was recuperating at home, he was still very concerned about the major affairs of the court and politics, and even before his death, he wrote a chapter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, resolutely opposing the policy of the salt and iron official camp.