Dong Zhongshu was a famous thinker and scholar at that time. Dong Zhongshu was eager to learn from a young age, so he had a wealth of knowledge, and later after the opening of the class, many people came to study, so his students were all over the world, which had a great impact on the government at that time, and in the exchange with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu proposed the famous "deposing hundreds of families, respecting Confucianism alone".
Dong Zhongshu profile
Dong Zhongshu was a famous ideological and political scholar of the Han Dynasty, he was born in a landlord family with a rich collection of books, so Dong Zhongshu read a lot of books from a young age, with high knowledge, and gradually Dong Zhongshu's reputation spread out, Dong Zhongshu took advantage of the situation to recruit a lot of students, because Dong Zhongshu was highly learned and good at lecturing, so many of his students became officials, and his reputation became bigger and bigger, and when it came to the Han Jing Emperor, Dong Zhongshu was named a doctor by the Han Jing Emperor, specifically responsible for imparting knowledge.
Portrait of Dong Zhongshu
After Dong Zhongshu was named a doctor, he opened the altar to give lectures everywhere, and more and more of his students, because all his thoughts were focused on teaching, so Dong Zhongshu has not been able to go home, because of this act of public and private abolition, Dong Zhongshu was admired by the students at that time, and many people respected him as a teacher.
Later, after Emperor Wudi of Han succeeded to the throne, he recruited a lot of talents, and Dong Zhongshu also became the guest of Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han proposed to Dong Zhongshu the famous "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man". Dong Zhongshu systematically expounded how to better consolidate the emperor's rule, discussed the connection between monarchy and theocracy, and put forward many practical opinions to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu of Han was very satisfied, so he sent him to Liu Fei to be the prime minister, Liu Fei was a cruel person, but because Dong Zhongshu was a famous Confucian at that time, he had a high reputation among the literati and students, so Liu Fei still had more respect for Dong Zhongshu and did not dare to be indifferent to him, Dong Zhongshu was the king of Liu Fei for six years, under the advice of Dong Zhongshu, Liu Fei gave up the idea of usurping power and competing for hegemony, and governed his territory well, and has always been smooth.
Later, Dong Zhongshu therefore played to publicize his doctrine of the unity of heaven and man, and talked about disasters in the song, so he angered Emperor Wu of Han, although in the end he was saved from death because of his high moral standing, but he lost his official position, and then Dong Zhongshu concentrated on learning and teaching, although he had left the court, but every time there was a big event, someone would still come to him for advice, so it can be said that Dong Zhongshu still had a great influence on the imperial court at that time.
The story of Dong Zhongshu not peeping into the garden for three years
Dong Zhongshu was born in a large family with a rich collection of books since he was a child, he was smart and studious since he was a child, when he was young, Dong Zhongshu often forgot to sleep and eat as soon as he read the book, his father was happy that his son was eager to learn, but he was also worried that Dong Zhongshu would be too tired, so he decided to build a garden next to Dong Zhongshu's study.
A sculpture of Dong Zhongshu, a generation of great Confucians
At the beginning, the garden was just built, attracting a lot of birds and butterflies, so many people went there to play, Dong Zhongshu's sister often invited Dong Zhongshu to play together, but Dong Zhongshu just concentrated on reading, did not lift his head, and later the garden was built, many people praised this garden as beautiful, but Dong Zhongshu just did not play, just a mind of reading, even the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when everyone was in the garden to admire the moon, Dong Zhongshu did not go, and was still studying with the teacher.
Dong Zhongshu was a famous Confucian in the Western Han Dynasty, he studied various schools of thought for many years, had a high attainment in Confucianism, and he often openly lectured with many students and disciples, so he was respected by many people at that time, even the imperial court also attached great importance to his opinions, he was bent on studying and learning, so he did not like to have fun, and there would be such a story of not looking at the garden for three years.