独尊儒术

Traditional form:

獨尊儒術

Pinyin (reading):

dúzūnrúshù

Definitions:

• dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)

Characters:

• 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 尊 - to honor, to respect, to venerate
• 儒 - Confucian scholar
• 术 - skill, art; method, technique; trick

Traditional characters:

• 獨 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 尊 - to honor, to respect, to venerate
• 儒 - Confucian scholar
• 術 - skill, art; method, technique; trick