Inquires about the Confucian Scholars' Value Tropism During the West and East Han Dynasty

The reason Confucian scholars submitted to authority of Wang Mang(王莽)in last years of West Han dynasty was that system and it's operation of West Han dynasty could not satisfy desire of their being officials , their aims were not to fulfill their long - standing political ideal . The essence of emperor Liu Xiu homaging moral integrity and putting Confucian scholars in a very important position was to meet pursuit of their fame and salary on one hand , and to reinforce control over scholars through both spirit and system and make them civil services completely on other hand . Therefore , Confucian scholars fully abandoned their tradition of criticizing and changing reality and regarded the official affairs as their careers . All of this resulted in declination of Confucian knowledge and put an end to ethic practices of Confucian scholars.