Confucianism And The Study Of Zen Buddhism In Han And Wei Dynasties

In the end of East Han dynasty, the warlords battled hotly. Cao Cao unified the north China gradually by his martial and political talent, and made a series of operations on the great cause of Wei Dynasty for Han Dynasty simultaneously. As the dominant ideology of the mainstream status, Confucianism played an important political influence on this historical progress. On the one hand, Confucianism had blocking effect about the process of Cao Cao replacing Han dynasty. Since Emperor Wu in the Han Dynasty carried out a policy of espousing Confucianism as the orthodox state ideology, the traditional culture of Confucianism deeply rooted in Government and private. Including Cao Cao, intellectuals of the late East Han dynasty were all influenced deeply by ethics of Confucianism. The slogan of restoring Han dynasty has become the mainstream in the eastern Han dynasty last years. Represented by Xun Yu and Kong Rong, these Confucian minister who supporting Han dynasty with the criterion of loyalty, filial piety, chastity, and righteousness, thronging build atmosphere of supporting Han dynasty, forced Cao Cao to slow down the pace of replacing Han dynasty, and only to be Emperor wen of Zhou Dynasty all his life. One the other hand, the legal process of the success about Cao Pi replaced Han dynasty was done by Confucianism. On the basis of north united, stable regime and excluded dissenter, the condition of replacing Han dynasty has been basically mature. Cao Pi and ministers made the public opinion of made the public opinion by the cyclic revolution of five virtues and chen-wei, and finished the alternation of dynasties by way of demise, then made a series of operations on realizing the legitimation. In the turbulent period of regime changing, Confucianism and Confucian scholars continue to serve the ruling class and play the positive role of consolidating regime by self debugging.