儒学与明朝的专制皇权

明初统治者对儒学的推崇,对教化的重视,使儒学的忠孝思想在明朝知识分子的头脑中形成了深厚的文化积淀。虽然明朝中后期政治腐败,其统治也江河日下,但在儒学的哺育下,许多知识分子把儒学倡导的忠、孝当成毕生奋斗目标,并出现了数量众多的忠臣。这些人多成为明王朝的栋梁之才,对明朝江山的巩固起到巨大作用。

Confucian Learning and the Autocratic Royal Right of Ming Dynasty

That the rulers of the early period of Ming dynasty praised and paid much attention to Confucian learning made being loyal to the emperors and filial to the parents thought form a deep cultural deposit in the hearts of the intellectuals. Although in the middle and last period of Ming dynasty, the politic got corrupt day by day, the ruling power of the emperors also got declined, yet under the teaching of Confucian learning many intellectual still took being loyal and filial thought as their forever goal, thus there appeared many loyal government officials. Most of such people got into the backbones of the dynasty and played important parts to solidify the ruling power of the dynasty.