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Emperor Han During The Confucian Classics And Political

Posted on:2004-03-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M HuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360095450393Subject:History of Ancient China
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Chinese Confucianism was founded by Confucius in the late Spring and Autumn period. In fact, it was a country's ideological thought system after Han Dynasty in Chinese feudal society. The thought system was developed when it combined with politics. Emperor Hanyuan had great function during the process of Confucianism combined with politics.When Emperor Hanyuan came to the throne, in case of critical social conflicts, the authorities had to alter the policies from mixed ways of tyranny and virtues to mild politics with Confucianism. Emperor Hanyuan himself respected the Confucianism, and also had had good education and knowledge in Confucianism. For these reason Emperor Hanyuan giving more power to those Confucian scholars. Because Emperor Hanyuan appointed a lot of Confucian scholars, the structure of the central and local government bureaucracy had been changed greatly. A great deal of Confucian scholars entered the government bureaucracy. A great deal of government Confucian Scholars tried their best to help Emperor Hanyuan carry out governing a country by Confucianism. Emperor Hanyuan paid great attention to agriculture according to the theory of Confucianism which toke agriculture seriously. And he reformed the policy of traditional industry and commerce. The feature of Confucianism economic policy had been formal established in early China. Emperor Hanyuan changed the legal thought of serious penalty to subordinate in Emperor Hanxuan period into taking morality and education seriously. So the social conflicts were allaying. And besides, he enacted gentle and broadminded national policy. Considerable improvement has been made in the relationship of Han, Xiongnu and other minority nationality. According to the Confucianism theory, Emperor Hanyuan and his subject carried out a large scale the ancestral temple institution reformation. At last, they stopped the local ancestral temple and fixed the reason of the capital ancestral temple were damaged. This was contribution to rite construction in Chinese ancient times. By Confucian scholars preached and advocated the theory yinyang disaster and abnormal were quite popular. Combine the theory with politics was political distinctive in Emperor Hanyuan times. And besides, it was prelude of divination combined with mystical Confucianist during Wang Mang period and the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Keywords/Search Tags:Confucian
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