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Dong Zhongshu's Absorption of Taoism of the School of Huang Emperor and Laotze

Ning Zhou

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By absorbing cream of Taoist and vital of school of Huang Emperor and Laotze to enrich theoretical system of Ways of Heaven,adopting essence of letting things take their own course of it to complement insufficiency of of government of Confucianism,taking in the ways of keeping healthy of it to enrich the ways of life in Confucianism,and mastering theory of yin and yang and precedence to prove his theory of Three Cardinal Guides in ethics,Dong Zhongshu successfully reformed and transformed Confucianism of pre-Qin period and turned Confucianism of pre-Qin period into doctrine of officials that is dominant in Feudalist society,and then into ideology of ruling class.

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By absorbing cream of Taoist and vital of school of Huang Emperor and Laotze to enrich theoretical system of Ways of Heaven,adopting essence of letting things take their own course of it to complement insufficiency of of government of Confucianism,taking in the ways of keeping healthy of it to enrich the ways of life in Confucianism,and mastering theory of yin and yang and precedence to prove his theory of Three Cardinal Guides in ethics,Dong Zhongshu successfully reformed and transformed Confucianism of pre-Qin period and turned Confucianism of pre-Qin period into doctrine of officials that is dominant in Feudalist society,and then into ideology of ruling class.

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By absorbing cream of Taoist and vital of school of Huang Emperor and Laotze to enrich theoretical system of Ways of Heaven,adopting essence of letting things take their own course of it to complement insufficiency of of government of Confucianism,taking in the ways of keeping healthy of it to enrich the ways of life in Confucianism,and mastering theory of yin and yang and precedence to prove his theory of Three Cardinal Guides in ethics,Dong Zhongshu successfully reformed and transformed Confucianism of pre-Qin period and turned Confucianism of pre-Qin period into doctrine of officials that is dominant in Feudalist society,and then into ideology of ruling class.

Key concepts: Emperor, Taoism, Ideology, Heaven, Ruling class, Period (music), Doctrine, Philosophy

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