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How Did People In Western Han Dynasty Evaluate Empeior Wu And How Did Their Evaluation Influence The Development And Eastablishments Of Confucianism Ideology In Western Han Dynasty

Posted on:2019-11-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C D JuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330563456874Subject:Chinese history
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Under the government of Wu Emperor,the development of society was reached peak in the period of Western Han dynasty;at the same time,he started wars with the tribes to expand the territory of the country blindly,and he also made ineffective economic policy for the citizen in order to raise more money to support the war witch he started.In the main time,he spend lots of money which he plundered form the toiler on his luxury life,the tyrannical rule he made almost destroyed the dynasty.While,in his late years,he issued the Luntai Imperial Remorse Rescript,successfully adjusted the strategy.Therefore,people have different reputation.There are many researches on the evaluation of Wu Emperor after he dead,but there was not enough study on the influence of the comments of Wu Emperor by his contemporary people.In the Western Han dynasty,the comments of the Wu Emperor has close relation withthe development of Confucianism,most comments were compliment because he promoted Confucianism in stand of Huang Lao's ideology,the status of the Confucian was improved,and the minister who believed in Confucianism earned their place in Wu Emperor's heart.At that period,fusion of the Confucianism and other ideology had becoming the mainstream,as well as the compliments of Wu Emperor.While he implement the Confucianism only in the aspect of etiquette not on the politic.Xuan Emperor convened the Salt and Iron meeting contraposed the problem which Wu Emperor leaved behind at Xuan's government,on the meeting the governor who really had belief on Confucianism attacked the way on Wu Emperor's employment standard,and the strategy of the war he started.While the others had different opinions,they had highly compliments on Wu Emperor's policies.At the beginning of Yuan,the literati who really had belief on Confucianism had become the main force of the court,Confucianism not only used in etiquette,it has became the ruling ideology,consequently,most commends of Wu Emperor were criticism at that time.Some of the governors even proposed to dismantle Wu Emperor's ancestral Shrines.They complimented Emperor of Wen and Emperor of Jing in order to repudiated Wu Emperor's achievement.The different commends on Wu Emperor's political achievement in the Western Han dynasty reflected the transformation of the political structure,and also showed the development of the Confucianism in thelong history.
Keywords/Search Tags:Western Han dynasty, Emperor Wu, Reputation The dominant ideology, Confucianism
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