Jeffrey L. RICHEY
Block-print portrait of Dong Zhongshu, the most influential advocate of Confucian thought during the Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Without Confucius (551–479 BCE) there would be no Confucianism; without Dong there would be no Confucianism as it has been known for the past two thousand years. In 1330 a tablet displaying Dong’s name was installed in state-sponsored Confucian temples alongside the tablets of other Confucian exemplars.
Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 was the most influential exponent of
