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The Qin officials are disciplined by a meritocracy of rather harsh methods imposed by the Legalist philosophy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325948843#China", "title": "264 BC", "revid": 1325948843, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -212, "year_label": "213 BCE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Prime Minister Li Si order all Confucian writings destroyed in the burning of books and burying of scholars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698514#China", "title": "213 BC", "revid": 1352698514, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -190, "year_label": "191 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Hui of Han lifts the ban on Confucian writings ordered in 213 BC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356019531#China", "title": "191 BC", "revid": 1356019531, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -178, "year_label": "179 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dong Zhongshu, Chinese scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state (d. 104 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209269446#Births", "title": "179 BC", "revid": 1209269446, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -177, "year_label": "178 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Fu Sheng (Master Fu), Chinese Confucian scholar and writer (b. 268 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370481929#Deaths", "title": "178 BC", "revid": 1370481929, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -135, "year_label": "136 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Confucianism is adopted as the state religion in China by Emperor Wu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373456812#China", "title": "136 BC", "revid": 1373456812, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -133, "year_label": "134 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "On the advice of philosopher Dong Zhongshu, Emperor Wu of Han promotes Confucianism as the official doctrine of the Han dynasty and assigns special merit to the Book of Rites, the Classic of Music, the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Documents, I Ching (the Book of Changes) and the Spring and Autumn Annals.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1175484109#China", "title": "134 BC", "revid": 1175484109, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -103, "year_label": "104 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dong Zhongshu, Chinese scholar who promoted Confucianism at the central court of the Han dynasty (b. 179 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305141071#Deaths", "title": "104 BC", "revid": 1305141071, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -80, "year_label": "81 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Sang Hongyang and 60 Confucian scholars debate over the state monopoly of Iron and Salt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367369494#China", "title": "81 BC", "revid": 1367369494, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 30, "year_label": "30 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Jia Kui, Chinese Confucian philosopher (d. 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