Dong Zhongshu (BC 179-BC 104) was born in Guang Chuan (Dongjiazhuang Village, Guang Chuan County, Hebei Province) and was a philosopher of the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Han Jingdi was a doctor at that time, teaching "Ram Spring and Autumn".

He put forward some important Confucian theories, such as the induction between heaven and man, the three cardinal guides and the five permanents. Later, Dong Zhongshu was appointed as the King of Jiangdu, the Prime Minister 10; In the fourth year of Yuan Shuo (before 125), he was appointed as Liu Duan, the king of Jiaoxi, and resigned four years later to go home and write a book. After that, every time the imperial court discussed it, the emperor would send messengers and Tingwei to Dong Jia for advice. It can be seen that Dong Zhongshu was still very respected by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Dong Zhongshu experienced three dynasties and the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty. He died in BC 104 at the age of 75. After his death, he was taken care of by Emperor Wu and buried in Xiama Mausoleum in Chang 'an.

Personal achievements:

In the first year of Yuanguang (BC 134), Emperor Wu issued a letter to seek a general plan for governing the country. Dong Zhongshu combined Confucianism with the social needs at that time in his famous "Countermeasures for Giving Virtue", absorbed the theories of other schools, and created a new ideological system with Confucianism as the core, which won the appreciation of Emperor Wu.

Systematically put forward the theories of "harmony between man and nature" and "unification", and the ideas of "those who are not in the study of the Six Arts and the skills of Confucius should stop their ways so as not to keep pace with each other" and "oust a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", which were adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, making Confucianism the orthodox thought of China society and influencing it for more than two thousand years. His research is centered on the patriarchal clan system of Confucianism, mixed with the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and runs through theocracy, monarchical power, patriarchal clan system and husband power, forming an imperial theological system.