HUAI-CHEN KAN2022-04-072022-04-0720201097-1467https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/604038Editor’s Abstract: This essay draws on the suburban sacrifice ritual to explicate in detail how Confucianism became the state religion by reforming the ritual system as a justification of the political system holding the Emperor as the central and highest authority.The Establishment of the Suburban Sacrifice Rituals During the Western Han(1)journal article10.1080/10971467.2020.18009052-s2.0-85091389239WOS:000571510300004https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85091389239