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On Ancient Philosopher Dong Zhongshu about Consolidation of the State Powers

HE Hua-zheng

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Zhongshu(179-104 B.C) was Chinese philosopher of the Western Han Dynasty.His main ideas of politics are that the correspondence between heaven and man;theory of divine right of Kings.All his theoretic views were to consolidate the Han Dynasty.On the above-said theories,he submitted a series of ideological understandings such as the opposite principles;clean and upright;natural calamities and unusual natural phenomena.His ideas urged the unification of the Han monarchial dynasty and produced the far-reaching influence to the later political ideology.In general,the political philosophy of Dong Zhongshu served the feudal monarchy some of his ideas can be served for the construction of the present harmonious society.

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Zhongshu(179-104 B.C) was Chinese philosopher of the Western Han Dynasty.His main ideas of politics are that the correspondence between heaven and man;theory of divine right of Kings.All his theoretic views were to consolidate the Han Dynasty.On the above-said theories,he submitted a series of ideological understandings such as the opposite principles;clean and upright;natural calamities and unusual natural phenomena.His ideas urged the unification of the Han monarchial dynasty and produced the far-reaching influence to the later political ideology.In general,the political philosophy of Dong Zhongshu served the feudal monarchy some of his ideas can be served for the construction of the present harmonious society.

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Zhongshu(179-104 B.C) was Chinese philosopher of the Western Han Dynasty.His main ideas of politics are that the correspondence between heaven and man;theory of divine right of Kings.All his theoretic views were to consolidate the Han Dynasty.On the above-said theories,he submitted a series of ideological understandings such as the opposite principles;clean and upright;natural calamities and unusual natural phenomena.His ideas urged the unification of the Han monarchial dynasty and produced the far-reaching influence to the later political ideology.In general,the political philosophy of Dong Zhongshu served the feudal monarchy some of his ideas can be served for the construction of the present harmonious society.

Key concepts: Feudalism, Heaven, Ideology, Monarchy, Politics, Unification, Chinese philosophy, Philosophy

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