Explain the development process of China's mainstream thought of traditional culture with historical facts

The mainstream of China's traditional culture is Confucianism.

Confucianism rose in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, represented by Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi. You can check the specific ideas.

After the unification of Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang burned books to bury Confucianism, and Confucianism was in crisis.

Dong Zhongshu put forward the idea of "harmony between man and nature" in the Western Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, official learning rose.

During the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the rise of Taoism and Buddhism, the status of Confucianism was affected.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism rose and Confucianism developed to a new height. The main representatives were Zhang Zai, Zhou Dunyi and Er Cheng.

Lu Jiuyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty and Wang Shouren in the Ming Dynasty put forward the theory of mind and nature, which is another development of Confucianism.

Huang Hegu criticized Confucianism in Qing Dynasty.

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