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Confucianism had a particularly strong influence on the ancients. What is the evolution of Confucianism and its causes?

1. Confucianism was founded by Confucius, a thinker in the late Spring and Autumn period, after the history of Chinese civilization had gone through nearly 1,700 years of Xia, Shang and Zhou. Confucianism, founded by Confucius, is a complete system of thought formed on the basis of summarizing, generalizing and inheriting the traditional culture of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties of respect and kinship.

The emergence and initial development of Confucianism in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. Spring and Autumn and Warring States, a hundred schools of thought, Confucianism is one of the schools of thought, this stage, although Confucianism belongs to the obvious, but because of its claims can not be adapted to the social environment of the war and turmoil at that time, so it has not been adopted by the rulers.

2. During the Warring States period, Mencius developed the teachings of Confucius, advocated benevolent government in politics, and put forward the idea of "the people are precious and the ruler is light", advocated that the government should be in the hands of the people, and opposed to tyrannical government. He advocated giving peasants a certain amount of land, not infringing on their labor time, and lenient punishment and thin taxes. Confucianism began to combine with politics.

3. Qin Dynasty: burning books and burying Confucianism, Confucianism was rejected.

4. Western Han Dynasty: Confucianism became orthodox.

5. Song Dynasty: a new development of Confucianism, namely, the development of Rigaku. Rigaku is based on Confucianism, absorbing Buddhism and Taoism to form a new Confucianism, Zhu Xi is the master of Rigaku.

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Cultural Influence of Confucianism:

1, Confucianism has had a profound impact on Chinese culture, and for thousands of years feudal society has taught no more than the Four Books and the Five Classics. The traditional ideas of responsibility, moderation, and loyalty and filial piety are the result of its combination with feudal rule, and thus Confucianism is the dominant ideology along with our contemporary times.

2. Confucianism has existed in China for thousands of years, and still has a huge potential influence on all aspects of Chinese politics and economy.

3. Modern business management is also infused with a lot of Confucianism.

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