to dethrone or remove a person from a high position, such as a monarch or a high-ranking official; to oust or strip of power and status

To remove someone from an official position; to fire a government official.

To suppress all non-Confucian schools of thought in favor of Confucianism, as in the cultural policy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

demote or dismiss a government official from their post

(literary) to remove someone from a post; to dismiss or fire an official

(literary) to dismiss from office; to demote or send away; to remove from a position

to exile; to banish; to dismiss and cast out

to dismiss or fire someone from a position; to degrade or remove an official from office

(literary) to dismiss; to banish; to cast out; to reject

(literary) to be demoted; to be dismissed from office

(literary) to banish; to exile

To ban all other schools of thought and establish Confucianism as the sole official ideology; a policy famously adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

to remove a government official from their position; to discharge from office

(literary) to promote or demote a government official

to exclude or reject luxury and extravagance in favor of simplicity

The promotion or demotion of officials; specifically, to reward the worthy and dismiss the incompetent.