The Study On Some Problems Of Wang Mang Era Seen In The Unearthed Materials

The era of Wang Mang refers to the time from the death of Ai Di Emperor to the failure of Xin Mang. These twenty years is the time that the spirit of "complying with the will of Heaven and following the example of the ancients" of the Western Han Dynasty was intensively embodied. That Wang Mang became an emperor is the result of adhering to the spirit. Wang Mang's policies and restructuring concentratedly reflected his implementation and use of this spirit, which is fully embodied in the information unearthed in the recent years, including Wei Yang Palace unearthed residual bamboo strips, Xuanquan wall writing "Sishiyueling fifty items" and the unearthed bamboo strips of the Han Dynasty in Dunhuang, Juyan and so on. The cross reference of these information and historical datum comforms the impact of the social thoughts of the era of Wang Mang on Wang Mang's restructuring and his use of the thought.That can be said the development of Wang Mang's era was the development of the Confucian spirit of the Western Han Dynasty. In the period,the Confucian ideal of the Han Dynasty was put into omnibearing practice, encompassing all from the daily life to the policy guideline. However, the ideal unrealistic restrictive concept leads to the end of the era of Wang Mang.