Filial Oriented Statecraft Of Dong Zhongshu

For thousands of years,Govern the country in “filial” is a country’s governancestrategies for Monarch.Some Scholars thinks that as early as the Zhou in China,themeaning of”filial”be expanded from Ethical category to Political category,and as a modeto govern the country.At the beginning of Confucius Establish Confucianism,the”filial”Inherits Three generations’“filial” Concept.And making it the basic of Ethics andGovern country. Confucius said that:” As people should Honor their parents, fraternitybrothers and sisters.They won’t offend battle elderly.”（The Analec）Confucianism isvalued”Filial” and enrich its content.From “Grow” to “Esteem”. Confucius said:”Dependent parents isn’t filial,bceause you can feed dogs,horse and so on.But they are notyour parents.So you should respect them.（”The Analects）From household to society,fromfilial to loyal. Filial Piety said:” Gentleman can respect their monarch like honors theirparents,treat Elderly like respect their brothers, Govern the country like managementfamily.”Bulit a system in filial and loyalty. Monarch of Qin used Legalism to govern thecountry, Penal Code severely and fickle. Confucianism was Neglected. At the beginningof Han Dynasty.Absorb the lessons of Qin and correction.But at the beginning of Han,Govern the country in “filial” just stay on political level. Not form a complete theoreticalsystem. Emperor Wu of Han used Dong Zhongshu’s theory,built a Political Theory basedin “filial”.