Dong Zhongshu (179- 104), a native of Guang Chuan County (now Dadong Guzhuang, Guang Chuan Town, Jingxian County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province), was a thinker, philosopher, politician and educator in Han Dynasty. Dong Zhongshu's three strategies of heaven and man and the story of Spring and Autumn Annals are based on Confucianism, with the framework of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, absorbing the essence of "Huang Lao" and other hundred schools of thought, and establishing a neo-Confucianism ideological system with theological tendency.

In the first year of Yuanguang (BC 134), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued a letter to seek a general plan for governing the country. Dong Zhongshu, a Confucian scholar, systematically put forward the theories of "the unity of heaven and man" and "the unity of heaven and earth" in "Countermeasures for the Sages". Dong Zhongshu believes that "the greatness of Tao originates from heaven", and both nature and personnel obey destiny, so the political order and political thought reflecting destiny should be unified. Dong Zhongshu's Confucianism maintained the centralized rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and made certain contributions to the social, political and economic stability at that time.

In the first year of Yuanguang (BC 134), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty served as Princess of Jiangdu 10. In the fourth year of Yuan Shuo (before 125), he was appointed as Liu Duan, the king of Jiaoxi, and resigned and went home four years later. From then on, when writing books at home, the imperial court would send messengers and Tingwei to his house to ask for his advice whenever there was an important event, which showed that he was still highly valued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

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