Dong Zhongshu

Dong Zhongshu was a Chinese philosopher, politician and writer of the Han dynasty, traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the imperial state. Born in modern Hengshui, Hebei, he rose to high office under Emperor Wu of Han, though he was once imprisoned and nearly executed for writings considered seditious. His thought integrated Yin Yang cosmology into a Confucian ethical framework, and he is considered the originator of the doctrine of Interactions Between Heaven and Mankind, which set rules for the legitimacy of a monarch. The Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals is attributed to him, though scholars doubt much of it is his.