Philosopher

Dong Zhongshu

Overview

Dong Zhongshu (Chinese: 董仲舒; Wade–Giles: Tung Chung-shu; 179–104 BC) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer of the Han dynasty. He is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state, favoring heaven worship over the tradition of cults celebrating the five elements. Enjoying great influence in the court in the last decades of his life, his adversary

Gongsun Hong ultimately

promoted his partial retirement from political life by banishing him to the Chancellery of Weifang, but his teachings were transmitted from there.

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Philosophers who discussed Dong Zhongshu

• Shen Buhai
• Gongsun Hong

Ideas Dong Zhongshu discusses

• Yin and yang
• Spring and Autumn Annals
• Emperor Wu of Han
• Han dynasty
• Confucianism
• Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)
• Gongsun Hong
• Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals

Place in the tradition

Part of Chinese philosophy.

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