Role Of Confucianism In Ancient China

Stability in an empire creates strength and prosperity, and there are many ways to achieve this, such as using ideologies to standardize ideas, respecting leaders, re-centralizing government, and trading, which is what China had done.
One of the main ways China created stability was through confucianism. Confucianism is all about treating others with respect and kindness, whilst still maintaining the separation between social classes. By treating people respectfully, people did not desire to overthrow their government and leaders. This means that there was governmental stability. Another way Confucianism helped was through the Five Relationships. ( Husband and wife, parent and child, friend and friend, sibling and sibling, and ruler and subject.) With these guidelines, there was more kindness and peace in society, and more strength in the government.
The mandate of heaven is the permission from the heavens to rule, so there was only one true leader at a time. The gods played a big role in Chinese culture, and people did not want to disobey them. This means that people pay more respect to the government, making it much stronger. It is important to have a government that is strong, and has control over the whole empire. During the decline of the Zhou dynasty, nobles in charge of different territories became stronger that the king, leaving the government unstable, and eventually lead to the fall of the Zhou dynasty, and the Warring States Period. Wu Di worked to re-centralize government, so the nobles were dependent on the King, instead of the other way around. A re-centralized government means less arguing between territories, since everyone reports directly back the the king, unlike in the Zhou