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A Brief Comment on the Proposition of Respecting Only Confucianism

Han Long-fu

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Dong Zhongshu's proposition of respecting only Confucianism,adopted by HanWuDi,was a summary of thoughts of various schools during the period of pre-Qin.It corrected the one-sidedness of the thought of each school and abolished the cruel policy of burning the books and burying the literati.It met the needs of the development of the then feudal society,and today a lot can still be learnt from its ideas,such as unification as a great country,remitting tax,taking agriculture as the foundation,building schools as many as possible,etc..

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Dong Zhongshu's proposition of respecting only Confucianism,adopted by HanWuDi,was a summary of thoughts of various schools during the period of pre-Qin.It corrected the one-sidedness of the thought of each school and abolished the cruel policy of burning the books and burying the literati.It met the needs of the development of the then feudal society,and today a lot can still be learnt from its ideas,such as unification as a great country,remitting tax,taking agriculture as the foundation,building schools as many as possible,etc..

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Dong Zhongshu's proposition of respecting only Confucianism,adopted by HanWuDi,was a summary of thoughts of various schools during the period of pre-Qin.It corrected the one-sidedness of the thought of each school and abolished the cruel policy of burning the books and burying the literati.It met the needs of the development of the then feudal society,and today a lot can still be learnt from its ideas,such as unification as a great country,remitting tax,taking agriculture as the foundation,building schools as many as possible,etc..

Key concepts: Proposition, Feudalism, Unification, Foundation (evidence), Neo-Confucianism, Period (music), Philosophy, Epistemology

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