The Murder Of Scholars From The Western Han Dynasty To See The Contradiction Between The Western Han Dynasty Confucianism And Kingship

Confucianism when it encountered Qin Dynasty which is the ideal of the unified country for the first time, went through the "Fenshukengru", which is a heavy blow to Confucian scholars。Nevertheless, the Government still appointed Confucian scholars, accepted. Confucianism, and Confucianism was not interrupted in the Qin Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, the policy of Emperor Wu, honoring Confucianism exclusively, made Confucian scholars' status tremendous change:Concept of justice and interests and moral transferred from justice oriented to profit oriented;classic books of Confucianism and the emperor's taste became the main way for the Western Han Dynasty Confucian scholars to join in the political stratum. Although scholars tried to subordinate to the kingship, the fate of scholars was also volatile ups and downs, and easily killed. The ways that they were killed are that extermination of an entire family, cutting sb. in two at the waist, abandonment of the body in public market after execution, being forced to commit suicide etc. The specific reasons for their murder varies, the author selects three as representatives:Han Yanshou, Xiao Wang, and Jing Fang, and introduces their lives and makes brief analysis of their reasons for being killed. Through the reasons of their being killed, the author tries to analyze the contradiction between Confucian scholars and the imperial power:First, since the Western Han Dynasty Confucian scholars insisted on the "Tao" of Confucianism and violated the monarchy, leading to their being killed, there are two ways that Western Han Dynasty scholars adhered to the "Tao" There are two ways: firstly, making suggestions when encountered resistance and comments of Catastrophist Politics;secondly, the contradictions between the drawbacks of the apotheosis of the Western Han Dynasty Confucianism and the monarchical power. The ways of the apotheosis of the Western Han Dynasty Confucianism are the Five Elements Five Elements Catastrophist of luck, these two theories do have a problem themselves, In the use of divine power to limit the imperial power, it will inevitably come into conflict with the Western Han Dynasty absolutism, while the result of the struggle is the murder of the scholars。...