独尊儒术

獨尊儒術

dúzūnrúshù

phrase

Meanings

1 to revere only Confucianism (and dismiss the Hundred Schools)
2 the Han dynasty policy of Confucian orthodoxy

Characters

Confucian scholar

Examples

汉武帝采纳董仲舒的建议，罢黜百家，独尊儒术。

Hàn Wǔdì cǎinà Dǒng Zhòngshū de jiànyì, bàchù bǎijiā, dúzūn rúshù.

Emperor Wu of Han adopted Dong Zhongshu's proposal to dismiss the Hundred Schools and revere only Confucianism.

独尊儒术的政策影响了中国两千年。

Dúzūn rúshù de zhèngcè yǐngxiǎngle Zhōngguó liǎng qiān nián.

The policy of revering Confucianism alone influenced China for two thousand years.

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history

Coined under Emperor Wu of Han (汉武帝, around 134 BCE) following the memorial of scholar Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒). The full slogan is 罢黜百家，独尊儒术 (bachu baijia, duzun rushu) - 'dismiss the Hundred Schools, revere only the Confucian arts.' It made Confucianism the official state ideology and shaped imperial China for over two millennia.

usage

Today often used metaphorically to criticize any policy that elevates one school of thought while suppressing others - intellectual monopoly.

Stroke Order

独 dú

尊 zūn

儒 rú

术 shù