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Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone? How did he strengthen centralized rule?
First of all, why should we respect Confucianism alone?

1. The Confucian system of rites and music, that is, the so-called "monarch, monarch, minister, father, son, son" and "three cardinal guides and five permanent members" are the theoretical basis of class rule, which provides a basis for the privileges of the ruling class.

2. The Confucian idea of benevolent governance (benevolent governance) is extremely hidden, while the ruling thoughts of later generations are mostly under the guise of Confucianism, and the actual implementation is the means of legalists. Confucianism, as a slogan, has a good paralyzing effect on the ruled, the so-called "folly-people-politics-policy".

3. The Confucian doctrine of the mean well transforms the ruled class into "obeying the people".

4. Confucianism does have many advantages in self-cultivation and scholarship.

In addition, how to strengthen centralization?

The system left by Liu Bang is similar to the feudal system of Zhou Dynasty. There are princes everywhere, and princes are small imperial courts, which is very unfavorable to centralization of authority. One of the most famous is Liu An, the king of Huainan, who finally even wanted to rebel!

There seems to be a saying that "rain and dew are stained", that is, the fiefs of kings are reduced one by one. If the landlord is interested, he can go to Baidu and see the dog ... so I won't be tired.