Han dynasty Confucian synthesis

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The Han dynasty Confucian synthesis was the imperial-era intellectual framework that blended Confucian ethics with Legalist statecraft and elements of other classical schools to form the orthodox ideology of the Chinese empire.

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instanceOf intellectual framework ⓘ
orthodox ideology of the Chinese empire ⓘ
state ideology ⓘ
aimedAt harmonizing human society with cosmic order ⓘ
reconciling morality and law ⓘ
stabilizing imperial rule ⓘ
associatedWith Dong Zhongshu ⓘ
Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
basedOn Legalist administrative techniques ⓘ
teachings of Confucius ⓘ
codifiedIn Chunqiu Fanlu ⓘ
coreValue filial piety ⓘ
hierarchical social order ⓘ
loyalty to the emperor ⓘ
ritual propriety ⓘ
country China ⓘ
developedIn Han dynasty ⓘ
emphasizes harmonization of Heaven, Earth, and humanity ⓘ
meritocratic selection of officials ⓘ
moral cultivation of rulers ⓘ
use of law to maintain order ⓘ
historicalPeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ
incorporates elements of Daoism ⓘ
elements of Five Phases theory ⓘ
elements of Mohism ⓘ
elements of Yin-Yang theory ⓘ
elements of classical Chinese political thought ⓘ
influencedBy Confucianism ⓘ
Huang-Lao thought ⓘ
Legalism ⓘ
Mohism ⓘ
Yin-Yang and Five Phases cosmology ⓘ
linked to: yin and yang
legitimized imperial autocracy ⓘ
longTermImpact became dominant ideology of later Chinese dynasties ⓘ
influenced Japanese Confucianism ⓘ
influenced Korean Confucianism ⓘ
influenced Vietnamese Confucianism ⓘ
shaped East Asian political culture ⓘ
peakUnder Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
promoted canonization of Confucian texts ⓘ
study of the Five Classics ⓘ
providedIdeologicalBasisFor centralized bureaucracy ⓘ
civil service recruitment ⓘ
imperial examination precursors ⓘ
resultedIn elevation of Confucian scholars ⓘ
marginalization of rival schools ⓘ
uses Confucian ethics ⓘ
Legalist statecraft ⓘ

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Hundred Schools of Thought → followedBy → Han dynasty Confucian synthesis ⓘ
Spring and Autumn Annals → philosophicalInterpretation → New Text Confucianism ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty Confucian synthesis
Xunzi → influencedTradition → Han dynasty Confucianism ⓘ
subject linked to: Qing
linked to: Han dynasty Confucian synthesis
Han central government → notableEvent → Reforms of Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty Confucian synthesis
Zheng Xuan → influenced → Later Han Confucianism ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty Confucian synthesis