WI:No Confucianism

Before he died, First Emperor managed to completely obliterate Confucianism or at the very least culled them so much that they are completely broken.How will this impact China?
 
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Before he died, First Emperor managed to completely obliterate Confucianism or at the very least culled them so much that they are completely broken.How will this impact China?

Then other Chinese ideologies such as Daoism, Legalism or Mohism will replace it in Chinese history. Furthermore as Confucianism and Chinese history had the effect of mutually bolstering and developing each other as time progressed, it can be assumed that any other ideology will have the same role - and thus be quite similar to what we see IOTL even in 2015 TTL.
 
Considering that Confucianism can be considered to be fundamentally reactive to the changes in Chinese society, the components are already there for similar thinkers to arise.
 
Then other Chinese ideologies such as Daoism, Legalism or Mohism will replace it in Chinese history. Furthermore as Confucianism and Chinese history had the effect of mutually bolstering and developing each other as time progressed, it can be assumed that any other ideology will have the same role - and thus be quite similar to what we see IOTL even in 2015 TTL.
Mohism encourages technical knowledge and studies science though,so I highly doubt if Mohism took over for example,everything will be the same. Or would somehow the other hundred schools of though survive?What I've read indicates that Confucianism managed to snuff out the other schools because of it's ability to mass propagate it's teachings(thus getting a large number of students) as well as it's ability in smearing the other schools,especially against Mohism.
 
Mohism encourages technical knowledge and studies science though.

I don't think Confucianism was such an influence that it hindered Chinese development of science and technology. Not only would have Confucianism developed around the need for development of science if the need arose, China was simply too vast, diverse and large to have influence. Remember that the only true Confucian state that ever exited in this world that was politically stable for centuries was Joseon.
 
I don't think Confucianism was such an influence that it hindered Chinese development of science and technology. Not only would have Confucianism developed around the need for development of science if the need arose, China was simply too vast, diverse and large to have influence. Remember that the only true Confucian state that ever exited in this world that was politically stable for centuries was Joseon.
It didn't hinder development of science and technology,but it encouraged the development of a ruling class who knows only how to talk and doesn't do anything practical,the Song and Ming Dynasty were full of factions who only knows how to talk but does nothing practical.Besides,if Mohism became the dominant ideology,wouldn't development of scientific knowledge be given much more emphasis?Technical knowledge will also become a prerequisite for any individual who wants to be an official(a major problem when it comes to modernizing during the 19th century was that your average Qing government official lacked technical knowledge).
 

As a believer that technocracy doesn't work, I don't think having scientific knowledge and being aware of technology would help massively. Of course I may be wrong, but that's my idea.
Also, with the fact that the Islamic world once led technology and science and was seen as the most pro-science and peace-loving religion of the world, I think Mohism would grow around the Chinese bureaucracy as time went on. It only supported science and tech because it remained a largely untested ideology, so to speak.
 
As a believer that technocracy doesn't work, I don't think having scientific knowledge and being aware of technology would help massively. Of course I may be wrong, but that's my idea.
Also, with the fact that the Islamic world once led technology and science and was seen as the most pro-science and peace-loving religion of the world, I think Mohism would grow around the Chinese bureaucracy as time went on. It only supported science and tech because it remained a largely untested ideology, so to speak.
Islam wasn't built around science and technical knowledge though,it's also a religion,so anything that contradicts Islam isn't going anywhere.On the other hand,Mohism is an ideology built around logic.

Given that you imply that Mohism only supports science and technical knowledge because it needs something to distinguish themselves from the other schools,what do you think would happen if all of the other Hundred Schools of thought flourished,with neither in particular being favored over the other(Confucianism still gets obliterated).
 
Islam wasn't built around science and technical knowledge though,it's also a religion,so anything that contradicts Islam isn't going anywhere.On the other hand,Mohism is an ideology built around logic.

Given that you imply that Mohism only supports science and technical knowledge because it needs something to distinguish themselves from the other schools,what do you think would happen if all of the other Hundred Schools of thought flourished,with neither in particular being favored over the other(Confucianism still gets obliterated).

I think the only reason many of the Hundred Schools of Thought would survive is if China remained divided, which is quite hard. But if that was to happen due to an almost perfect balance of powers between the Chinese kingdoms, then the different ideologies would suit the needs of the different kingdoms, as it has done IOTL; and if so smaller kingdoms would see heavier influence by their respective ideologies.
 
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