Confucianism is an academic school founded by Confucius, developed by Mencius and compiled by Xunzi. Since then, it has been praised by Confucian scholars in past dynasties, and it still has certain vitality.
Confucianism was originally one of the pre-Qin hundred schools of thought, and its founder was Confucius. Confucianism equals pre-Qin hundred schools of thought. Then, in order to maintain the feudal autocratic rule, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty listened to Dong Zhongshu's suggestion of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" and clamped down his thoughts, which made Confucianism rise again.
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Confucianism is one of the most influential schools in ancient China since Dong Zhongshu "ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone". Confucianism, as the embodiment of China's inherent value system, is not an academic or school in the usual sense. Generally speaking, in the pre-Qin period, Confucianism was just one of hundred schools of thought, with the same status as other hundred schools of thought.
Confucianism has a profound influence on China culture. In the feudal society for thousands of years, China people only taught the Four Books and Five Classics from generation to generation. In China's genes, ideas such as responsibility (taking the world as one's duty), loyalty and filial piety (benevolence, courtesy, wisdom and faith), forgiveness (don't do to others what you don't want others), and ethics (self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and calming the world) are all the results of the combination of Confucianism and autocratic rule.