An Analysis of the Reasons Why Confucianism Became an Orthodox Thought in the Han Dynasty

Sen Qi; Xinyi Wang

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An Analysis of the Reasons Why Confucianism Became an Orthodox Thought in the Han Dynasty

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Sen Qi¹^{, *}^{, †}, Xinyi Wang²^{, †}

¹The International Department of Hanlin Experimental School, Dongguan, China

²Beijing No. 8 Middle School, Beijing, China

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Those authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author. Email: qsdd920@gmail.com

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Sen Qi

Available Online 28 January 2022.

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Keywords: Han Dynasty; Confucianism; ideological reform; Emperor wen
Abstract: The Confucianism was struck seriously by the event of “burning books and burying Confucian scholars” during the period of Qinshihuang. However, at the beginning of Han Dynasty, from Gaozu to Wen-Jing, Huang-Lao which recommended discarding all desires and worries and having rest with the people was prevailing. This gave a chance for the Confucianism to be revived. A considerable number of Confucian scholars who advocated Confucianism also absorbed the ideas of legalism, Taoism and yin-yang school in order to better adapt to the rulers. Consequently, the changing of mainstream ideology to “Ban from hundred philosophers, venerate Confucianism” realized during the period of Emperor Wu. On the one hand, this paper combs the changes of mainstream thought in the early Han Dynasty; on the other hand, it focuses on the development of Confucianism in the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. This paper discusses how Emperor Wen gradually paid attention to and made use of Confucianism from five aspects. This paper holds that it is a historical necessity for Confucianism to reach its peak in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which laid an important foundation for the acceptance and development of Confucianism in the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. This paper will be helpful to guide scholars to further discuss the development of Confucianism in the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 28 January 2022
ISBN: 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.134
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.134 How to use a DOI?
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