Dong Zhongshu
Humu Sheng later became a "boshi" ("erudite") in the Han court in charge of the studying and teaching of "Gongyang Zhuan". Along with him was another "Gongyang Zhuan" authority Dong Zhongshu. With Emperor Wu of Han's adoption of Dong's proposal to formally establish Confucianism as the state ideology, the power and influence of the Gongyang School increased significantly. Later, Dong Zhongshu authored "Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals", "Interactions Between Heaven and Mankind" and "Strange Calamities of Yin and Yang", in which he popularized his mysticism interpretation of "Gongyang Zhuan". Along with the widespread adoption of divination practices, the Han intelligentsia became shrouded in an atmosphere of superstition and mystery. Nonetheless, among officials, "Gongyang School" was seen as a vital political classic that provided ideological basis and historical precedents in governing, and was cited during policy debates.