In the ancient legend of Tianxian and Tianxian, the Seven Fairies and Dong Yong have a son named Dong Zhongshu.

Dong Zhongshu is a real person in history.

Dong Zhongshu (179 BC ~ 104 BC), Han nationality, Han Guangchuan County (now Guangchuan Town, Jing County, Hebei Province), Han Dynasty thinker, philosopher, politician, educator.

In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (134 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to solicit the strategy of governing the country. The Confucian scholar Dong Zhongshu systematically put forward the theories of "Heaven and Man Induction", "Great Unification" and "Depose the Hundred Schools and Commend the Six Classics" in "Countermeasures for Promoting Virtue and Virtue". Dong Zhongshu believes that "the great origin of the Tao comes from heaven", and nature and personnel are subject to the mandate of heaven, so the political order and political ideology that reflect the mandate of heaven should be unified. Dong Zhongshu's Confucianism maintained the centralized rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and made a temporary contribution to the social, political and economic stability of the time.

In the first year of Emperor Yuanguang of the Han Dynasty (134 years ago), he served as Liu Feiguo, the king of Jiangdu Yi, for 10 years, and in the fourth year of Yuanshuo (125 years ago), he served as Liu Duanguo, the king of Jiaoxi, and resigned and went home after 4 years. After that, he wrote books at home, and whenever there was a major event in the imperial court, he would let envoys and court captains come to his house to ask his opinion, which was still valued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (104 BC), Dong Zhongshu died of illness.

Dong Zhongshu's hometown Guangchuan (now Zaoqiang Guangchuan Town, Hebei) is in the southeast of Dezhou, adjacent to Qilu, north of Yanzhao, west of Sanjin. In the first year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (179 BC), Dong Zhongshu was born into a large landlord class family with a large collection of books.

At the age of 30, Dong Zhongshu began to recruit a large number of students and taught them carefully. He lectures, he hangs a curtain in class, he speaks inside the curtain, and the students listen outside the curtain. At the same time, he often asked his protégé Lu Bushu and others to teach him. In this way, many people have studied with him for many years and have not even met him. Through lecturing, Dong Zhongshu cultivated a group of talents for the Han Dynasty, and some of his students later became ministers of the princely kingdoms, and some became chiefs. As Dong Zhongshu recruited protégés and promoted Confucian classics, his reputation also grew, and he became a doctor during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, in charge of teaching scriptures.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he asked all localities to recommend virtuous literary scholars, and Dong Zhongshu was recommended to participate in the consultation. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Dong Zhongshu three times in a row, and the basic content was the relationship between heaven and man, so it was called 'three strategies of heaven and man'. In the first question, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mainly asked about the fundamental principle of consolidating his rule, the second question, Emperor Wu mainly asked about the political skills of governing the country, and the third question was mainly about the induction of heaven and man.

In his countermeasures, Dong Zhongshu elaborated on the induction of heaven and man, discussed the relationship between divine power and monarchy, and put forward the suggestion of 'deposing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone'.

After Dong Zhongshu took countermeasures, he was sent by Emperor Wu to Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, to be the minister of state. Liu Fei is the elder brother of Emperor Wu, this person is rough, arrogant, and a martial artist, but because Dong Zhongshu had a high reputation at that time and was a well-known Confucian in the country, he respected Dong Zhongshu very much. Moreover, Liu Fei compared Dong Zhongshu to Guan Zhong who assisted Duke Qi Huan to dominate the princes, that is, he hoped that Dong Zhongshu would assist him in the same way that Guan Zhong assisted Duke Qi Huan in order to usurp the central power. However, Dong Zhongshu advocated the 'unification of the Spring and Autumn Period', so in response to Liu Fei's question, he used ancient metaphors to persuade him, pointing out that "benevolence, do everything to support justice rather than personal interests, clearly understand your own moral norms and not covet merit." Therefore, even children were ashamed of Confucius's disciples to mention the Five Tyrants, because the Five Tyrants were to deceive first and then practice benevolence and righteousness. It's just a trick, so it's not enough to be mentioned by a truly moral person. "Hinting that Liu Fei should not be hegemonic. Dong Zhongshu has been the king of Jiangdu for six years, and has engaged in many activities such as praying for rain and stopping waterlogging.

In the 6th year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (135 years ago), there was a fire in the Gaoyuan Hall of Changling and the Gaomiao of Liaodong where the emperor worshiped his ancestors. As a result, before the concerto was performed, it happened that the master's father went to Dong Zhongshu's house as a guest, and when he saw the concerto, he was jealous of Dong Zhongshu's talent, so he stole the draft of the concert and handed it over to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu was furious when he saw it and decided to behead Dong Zhongshu. After taking pity on his talents, he issued an edict to pardon, but the king of Jiangdu was deposed, and from then on, Dong Zhongshu did not dare to say anything about the disaster, but did his old job, engaged in teaching activities, and taught "Ram Spring and Autumn" for ten years.

In the fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (125 BC), Gongsun Hong recommended Dong Zhongshu to be the minister of state of Liu Rui, the king of Jiaoxi. Liu Rui is also the elder brother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he is more ferocious and arrogant than Liu Fei, and many people who have been ministers of other countries in the past have been killed or poisoned. Because Dong Zhongshu is a well-known Confucian, Liu Rui still respects him.

Dong Zhongshu has always been worried and cautious, lest something happen to him after a long time, so he resigned and went home four years later on the grounds of old age and illness. Since then, it has ended his career as a Shilu, Dong Zhongshu didn't ask anything in his twilight years, just buried himself in reading and writing, although he resigned from his official position, but there were major events in the imperial court, and he often sent people to his house to ask him for advice, Dong Zhongshu had a very clear opinion, and later, Zhang Tang asked Dong Zhongshu some of the materials and sorted them out into the book "Spring and Autumn Prison Break". Although Dong Zhongshu was recuperating at home, he was still very concerned about the major affairs of the court and politics, and even before his death, he wrote a chapter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, resolutely opposing the policy of the salt and iron official camp.

In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (104 years ago), Dong Zhongshu died of illness at home and was buried in the western suburbs of Chang'an, the capital division of the Western Han Dynasty. As a result, Dong Zhongshu's cemetery is also known as 'Xiama Mausoleum'. (To be continued......)