What is the difference between Confucianism in Han Dynasty and Confucianism in Confucius and Mencius? In what ways did Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties develop Confucianism?

Differences between Confucianism in Han Dynasty and Confucianism in Confucius and Mencius;

1. Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius emphasizes "self-denial" and maintains the system of rites and music; Dong Zhongshu emphasized unification and maintained the feudal system.

2. Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius does not care about ghosts and gods, and Dong Zhongshu sanctifies imperial power.

3. Dong Zhongshu combines the thoughts of Taoism, Legalism and the Five Elements of Yin and Yang. Essentially, it is foreign Confucianism and domestic law.

The Development of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty;

1, which has absorbed Buddhism and Taoism, has obvious Buddhist characteristics. For example, it has absorbed the asceticism of Neo-Confucianism as the core idea and put forward the moral proposition of "preserving nature and destroying human desires".

2. Further speculative Confucianism, creatively put forward many distinct Confucian concepts. Such as "natural justice".

3, more emphasis on ethics as the core of thought. Neo-Confucianism especially emphasizes righteousness, in fact, it emphasizes Confucian ethics. Various ontologies on the philosophical level, as well as the theory of human nature, self-cultivation, epistemology, the theory of sanctification and the theory of equal role from cultivation as the moral basis, all take ethics as the core.

Extended data

Confucianism is the most influential school in ancient China after Dong Zhongshu's "exclusive respect for Confucianism". Confucianism, as the embodiment of China's inherent value system, is not an academic or school in the usual sense. Generally speaking, especially in the pre-Qin period, Confucianism was one of the most influential schools. And Mohism.

During the Qin Shihuang period, "burning books to bury Confucianism" was hit hard, and the idea of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" rose after it was put into practice in the Han Wudi period.

The connotation of Confucianism is rich and complicated. On the basis of absorbing the essence of ancient books and periodicals, it gradually developed basic theories and ideas, that is, emphasizing unity and emphasizing the monarch, minister and father. Confucius, the founder of the Confucian school, broke the monopoly of the ruling class on education for the first time, changing from "official learning" to "private teaching", so that traditional cultural education spread to the whole nation.

In this way, Confucianism has a solid national psychological foundation, which is accepted by the whole society and gradually Confucianism the whole society. Confucianism adheres to the principle that "Tao cannot be three generations and law cannot be two kings" (Xunzi Wang Zhi).

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Confucianism