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After the Five Dynasties, why did Confucian classics develop rapidly among the people?
After entering the Five Dynasties, although the Confucian classics education did not develop greatly in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the construction of learning halls and academies and the publication and engraving of the Nine Classics were all major events in the history of education. At that time, the printing industry and papermaking in China developed greatly, which enabled books to be printed and circulated in large quantities as an important educational medium. At that time, the literati not only engaged in copying extensively, but also widely circulated various prints. Books spread rapidly and widely, which promoted the recovery and development of Confucian classics education to some extent. In particular, emperors and ministers provided versions of Confucian classics, presided over the publication of Confucian classics, and made Confucian classic books spread all over the world. According to the records in the History of the Old Five Dynasties and the Book of Jin, Emperor Gaozu of Jin loved the Tao Te Ching, so he ordered it to be printed in woodcut. Chen Tian's "Meng Qian Bi Tan" also said: "Printing books was not popular in the Tang Dynasty, and the five classics were printed from the Tao, and all the classics were printed on the edition." According to Zhai Notes: "Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the school where I worked has been abolished, and the people of Shu and Zhao invested millions to set up a school library. Please engrave the Nine Classics and learn from Shu. As a result, the literature in Sichuan was revived. During the Tang Dynasty, Feng Dao and Li Yu, the prime ministers, asked imperial academy to revise the Nine Classics written by Dao Min, and forced them to be printed and purchased. In June of the third year of Guangxu (953), Ding Si gave the board. Therefore, despite the troubled times, the Nine Classics have spread widely. " Greatly promoted the popularization of Confucian classics education. Engraving printing was founded in Sui and Tang Dynasties or earlier, and its great development and application in teaching material printing was mainly in the Five Dynasties. At first, it mainly printed poems, rhymes and Buddhist scriptures. After arriving in Shu, inspired by its woodblock printing, Confucian Classics began to be published in imperial academy, and compared with the Stone Classics of the Tang Dynasty, learners could study Confucian Classics anywhere without going to Beijing to copy them, which provided great convenience for scholars, especially created good conditions for the development of Confucian Classics among the people.