The History of Chinese Philosophy (Part 9)

Like James Dean, Confucius was much bigger in death than he was in his own lifetime. It wasn't until the Han Dynasty that Confucianism enjoyed a major triumph. This time we'll look at Dong Zhongshu who was so consequential in tying Confucianism and the imperial government into one system. We'll also look at Sima Tan (father of Sima Qian) and the Six Schools, as well as the first explainers of Confucianism: Liu Xin, Wang Chong, and Yang Xiong. I hope you're enjoying this series. Nine more episodes to go. We still have the Yi Jing (Book of Changes), Daoisim, and Song Neo-Confucianism to go yet.
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The qi4 气 concept parallels the Pre-Socratic Anaximenes (c586-c526 BCE) concept of pneuma (breath)/aer(air)/psyche (soul) which he thought of as the same substance.

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Said this in the previous episode but a teeny bit of a parallel with Constantine

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Yes, in the sense that Dong Zhongshu convinced the emperor to make Confucianism mainstream. But Confucianism, you have to admit, isn't quite a religion in the way Christianity is.