Dong Zhongshu Quotes on Politics
Dong Zhongshu was a Chinese Han-dynasty Confucian philosopher and statesman, the principal architect of the imperial Confucianism that, under his recommendation to the emperor Wu, became the ideological foundation of the Han bureaucratic state and shaped Chinese political life for two millennia. This page collects quotes attributed to Dong Zhongshu on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Dong Zhongshu:
“When the ruler is unjust, Heaven sends warnings before it sends punishments.”
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Attributed to Dong Zhongshu:
“Confucianism is the proper philosophy of empire; the other schools are partial.”
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Attributed to Dong Zhongshu:
“What men call portents are the conversation of Heaven with the throne.”
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Attributed to Dong Zhongshu:
“The sage emperor is the heart in which Heaven and Earth meet.”