| As a poorhouse of a clan,yi-zhuang is the result of social conflicts in chinese feudal society. It is the function of yi-zhuang convention that manages yi-zhuang and achieves the aim of yi-zhuang. Because of the limited information, the research in yi-zhuang convention is restricted in Qing Dynasty.After Opium War,with Shanghai being open to the foreigner and the impact from foreign capitalism and taiping rebellion,handicraft industry and agriculture in Soochow which is next to Shanghai went into bankruptcy one after another. At that time,the government was busy resisting foreign aggression and had no time to deal with the internal affairs. A large of unemployment resulted in a negative impact on feudal reign. For stabling social order and safeguarding their interests, the local bureaucratic landowners built yi-zhuang by contributing part of their field to help people of the same clan, and create yi-zhuang convention to manage yi-zhuang.In order to ensure yi-zhuang being on the control of landowners bureaucratic class,according to the yi-zhuang convention,Head of yi-zhuang must be the one whose ancestors built yi-zhuang. There are no strict qualifications for the other managers of yi-zhuang.In addition,in order to make yi-zhuang keep for a long time, it must been informed to provincial governor when it was built. Because the differences in strength of yi-zhuang,the sorts of functions are also different. Usually,functions of yi-zhuang included settling disputes, fete, supporting clan, and helping clan in study, etc.Firstly, settling disputes. As the highest authority of a clan, yi-zhuang has the right to settle disputes among people of a clan. According to the yi-zhuang convention,the man will be punished if he directly goes to the court ignoring yi-zhuang. Usually, when yi-zhuang settles disputes, the ancestral temple is the exclusive location. Settling disputes at ancestral temple means that the force was awarded by the ancestor,therefore the...
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