Han scholar whose advice to 汉武帝 made Confucian learning the basis of state service, later summed up as 独尊儒术. He taught 天人感应, that Heaven answers a ruler's conduct with omens.
Dong Zhongshu advised Emperor Wu of Han to 'dismiss the hundred schools and honor Confucianism alone'.
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history
His tomb in Xi'an is called 下马陵, 'Dismount Tomb': tradition says 汉武帝 got off his horse each time he passed it, out of respect for the scholar. The book handed down under his name is 春秋繁露.
culture
He is remembered for studying so hard that he did not glance at his own garden for three years, 三年不窥园, a phrase still used for single-minded study.
