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What is the original dominant traditional doctrine in China?

Confucianism

Confucianism's high status in China was not developed in a short period of time, and the original Confucian spirit of Confucius was really not very suitable for the needs of the reign at that time, and even more tragically, it was burned by Emperor Qin Shihuang, and Confucianism was highly destroyed.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the doctrines of the sons began to recover, and Confucianism gradually began to flourish, but because of the prolonged war, the socio-economic situation has been seriously broken, and all kinds of wastes are waiting to be rebuilt, and the ruling class in order to develop production, and to stabilize the order of the ruling class, politically advocating the rule of law, and economically light corvée and thin taxes, the Yellow Emperor has been attached importance to the doctrine of the old man, and Confucianism, although it has already ascended to the historical stage, is still a supporting role. still a supporting role.

140 B.C., Emperor Wu took the throne, the Han dynasty after the first five emperors of rest and recuperation, especially after the rule of Wen, Jing, relative to the previous, the social economy is considered to be unprecedented prosperity, at this time the urgent need to solve is how to strengthen the central government's dominant position, the establishment of a centralized system of government represented by the emperor, at this time, through the absorption of the ideas of various schools of thought and the further refinement of the doctrine of Confucianism At this time, the doctrine of Confucianism, which had been further refined by absorbing the ideas of various schools of thought, coincided with the requirements of the ruling class.

At that time, Emperor Wu reused Wei ò, Wang Zang and others, praising Confucianism and denouncing Taoism, and then, due to the opposition of Empress Dowager Dou, but two years, the reused Confucian officials were removed from office until Empress Dowager Dou's death, and Confucianism rose again. 134 B.C., Dong Zhongshu, in the "countermeasures" convened by the Emperor, stood out and was rewarded by Emperor Wu with the honor of being recognized by the emperor. In 134 B.C., Dong Zhongshu, in the "countermeasures" convened by Emperor Wu, stood out and was appreciated by Emperor Wu, and then for more than ten years, knowledge of Confucianism gradually became the main condition for entry into the civil service, and Confucianism finally got rid of its subordinate status in history, and jumped to become the orthodoxy of the authoritarian dynasty