Does Confucianism or law represent the traditional culture of the Chinese nation?

The traditional culture of Confucianism and China is represented by Confucian culture. In China, Confucianism has been circulating for thousands of years, and the development of the whole Chinese nation has been influenced by Confucianism. The widespread spread and influence of Confucianism is closely related to the establishment of private schools and the recruitment of disciples by Confucius. Confucianism is the dominant ideology in China's traditional culture. After the mid-Han Dynasty, Confucianism became the dominant ideology in China's traditional culture.

Confucianism was founded by Confucius, a thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Confucianism has formed a complete ideological system on the basis of summarizing, generalizing and inheriting the traditional culture of respecting relatives in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The connotation of Confucianism is rich and complicated. On the basis of absorbing the essence of ancient books, it gradually developed basic theories and ideas, that is, emphasizing unity and emphasizing the monarch, minister and father.

The essence of Confucianism

The essence of Confucianism was "benevolence" at first in the era of Confucius. Coupled with Mencius' view of justice and benefit, the word "benevolence and righteousness" became the ideological basis of pre-Qin Confucianism. However, with the constant changes of the times, Confucianism is constantly adjusting and supplementing to meet the needs of survival in different periods.

For example, Dong Zhongshu's "divine right of kingship", "harmony between man and nature" and "three cardinal principles and five permanents", although we say today that he was alienated from Confucianism in the pre-Qin period, the "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was precisely based on his recognition of Dong Zhongshu's alienated Confucianism, which contributed to the situation that Confucianism unified China officialdom for two thousand years.