Why were Confucius and his Confucian teachings welcomed by both rulers and common people?
Loved by both the rulers and the ruled at the same time, this "artistic realm" is profound enough, right? This phenomenon may not be very common in China and the world, right? Let's analyze it briefly: 1, Confucius's orthodox doctrine is the most beneficial to the emperor; the idea of loyalty to the monarch, the concept of the monarch, the minister, the father, the son and the son go deep into the people, and the common people will not easily rebel, Yue Fei is a typical example, you can completely fight back and seize the throne; you know that when you go back to die, you can also return to the dynasty, and as a result, your own family, son and son-in-law were executed at the same time; there is also Cao Cao, you can call yourself the emperor, you can not call the emperor, for convenience, I did not rebel, "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes", play a little trick;
Why do the common people like it? Confucianism, as a state religion, has been instilled from generation to generation, and in addition, the imperial examination has been held in the Sui and Tang dynasties, which has opened a door to the official career for the common people, and the common people can enter the official ranks, and the scholars have been tethered; there is also the content of the imperial examination, that is, the doctrine of Confucius, the Four Books and the Five Classics, and this doctrine is "a stepping stone"; -- In this way, isn't it just that the two opposing classes are tied together, and there is ?—— be the phenomenon of overthrowing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone?
