Confucian Learning and the Autocratic Royal Right of Ming Dynasty

That the rulers of the early period of Ming dynasty praised and paid much attention to Confucian learning made being loyal to the emperors and filial to the parents thought form a deep cultural deposit in the hearts of the intellectuals.Although in the middle and last period of Ming dynasty,the politic got corrupt day by day,the ruling power of the emperors also got declined,yet under the teaching of Confucian learning many intellectual still took being loyal and filial thought as their forever goal,thus there appeared many loyal government officials.Most of such people got into the backbones of the dynasty and played important parts to solidify the ruling power of the dynasty.