Research on Dong Zhongshu’s Moral Education Thought

Jiaxing Hao(History Department, Baotou Teacher College, Baotou, 014030, China)

Abstract

Dong Zhongshu, as an important representative figure of Confucianism in the Western Han Dynasty, had a profound influence on the moral education thought in the history of Chinese thought. The formation of Dong Zhongshu’s moral education thought was a product of the combined effects of social changes, political patterns, and cultural trends in the early Western Han Dynasty. Dong Zhongshu inherited and developed the traditional thinking of pre Qin Confucianism, proposing a moral education system centered on the “Three Obediences and Five Constants”, emphasizing the importance of moral education as the foundation and punishment as the supplement, and focusing on individual moral cultivation and the maintenance of social order. His moral education ideology not only had a profound impact on the politics, economy, and culture of the Han Dynasty, but also established the dominant position of Confucianism in feudal society through the policy of “exclusive respect for Confucianism”, becoming an important theoretical basis for moral education in later generations.

Keywords

Dong Zhongshu; Moral Education; Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12345/jetm.v9i2.26265