The thoughts of Confucius and Dong Zhongshu in The Analects of Confucius and Han Dong Zhong Shu Zhuan, and point out the different circumstances and reasons of the two thoughts.

Kong Qiu's thought is mainly "benevolence", but due to the frequent wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, the concept of "ruling the country by virtue" could not make the country strong at all, so his thought was not accepted by all monarchs. Dong Zhongshu's thoughts are mainly "unification in the Spring and Autumn Period" and "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone". At that time, through the policy of self-cultivation and interest-bearing after the first world war, the national strength of the Han Dynasty was already very strong, and the strength of various governors expanded, threatening the central government. The country needs a tool to consolidate its rule and bind its thoughts, so it chooses Confucianism as its orthodoxy.