A Study On The Transformation Of Confucianism To National Religion In The Han Dynasty

Confucianism was the ancient Chinese ideological factions based on the Confucian classics.The process of gaining the dominant position of Confucianism and became the universal ideological tendency of the country was "The Transformation of Confucianism to National Religion".At the same time,the concept also includes the absorption of Confucianism at the time of the customs and the system of the state.The unification of the Qin dynasty laid the main tone of the Han Dynasty system.Although the Confucianism of the Qin Dynasty was suppressed,it was not completely rejected.The Western Han Dynasty inherited the Qin Dynasty system,and early enshrined in Huang Lao school,but the seeds of the development of Confucianism at that time have already come up.In the early days of Wu-ti,Wujingboshi and Imperial College were set up.The emperor of Confucianism in may be in order to attempt to gain allies successfully become the official school,though Confucianism power is not very strong,but because of the close relationships between legalist officials is popular,but this does not mean that Confucianism enlightenment appeared again,on the contrary,because the official role of scholars of expanding at the same time,the calamity theory marks the Confucianism has reached a new height to absorb the mystical world of Confucianism,to fit the situation is also rising.After the era of emperor Zhao Xuan period,Confucianism in the process of enlightenment is to further promote,the conference,by the local "Confucianism as the theoretical basis of the elite literature as a local forces spokesman added,indicates the development of Confucianism in the local and penetration degree,while the emperor was a disciple of Dong Zhongshu as the founder of the calamity theory for heresy by their offspring to play in Sui disciple Philip re debut showed the theory was the Confucian scholars acceptance than Dong Zhongshu's times higher,may no longer be heretical beliefs,Confucianism has begun to absorb the Divination as part of the.The Western Han Dynasty is the era of decline after the emperor,and this period is an era of great development of education in Confucianism,the Confucian bureaucracy has the great power of reform,Confucianism in the country at the same time,Confucianism and social ethos in almost solve the fusion problem,difficult concepts such as "emperor" does not exist in the Confucian classics and the original based onthe concept of Confucianism was successfully accepted Confucianism influence reached an unprecedented level in the whole nation,which also led to the upper face of Confucian sage Wang Mang.The Eastern Han Dynasty inherited Confucianism civilization progress in the late Western Han Dynasty,including many Confucian enemies Wang Mang made reform,while the emperor will himself as a scholar and the emperor personally preaching chapter baihutong will "baihutongyi" as agreed code,is the Eastern Han Dynasty Confucianism enlightenment climax,while the latter is a sign of the Han Dynasty in the process of Enlightenment of Confucianism basically come to an end.Confucianism has made up for the lack of legitimacy in the centralized rule of the central government since the Qin Dynasty,alleviated social contradictions,and promoted the spread of culture,and laid the foundation for later generations of Confucianism and legalism.