In the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu put forward the Neo-Confucianism, which combined Huang Lao's thoughts and absorbed the pre-Qin culture, that is, the interaction between heaven and man, three obedience and four virtues.
Confucianism declined in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and merged with Buddhism and Taoism-the confluence of the three religions.
In the Song Dynasty, there was Zhu Cheng's neo-Confucianism, which preserved natural principles and destroyed people's desires.
Yangming's mind in Ming dynasty
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Confucianism became rigid and declined because of the stereotyped writing of rulers.
Be criticized in the new culture movement.