Group Protests In Jiangnan Towns In The Late Ming Dynasty

When we read various history books that records the social situation of lateMing dynasty, we could observe during that period a serious of urban group protestsoften outbroke in the south of the Yangzte River. But why those protests outbroke inthe city. What kind of social situation did it conceal. All of those questions reallydeserve us to research and discuss.We could read such cases from the official history books, local chronicles, andliterary sketches. Most of the materials were left by the writers’ personalinvolvement and what they sees and hears, with high value that can be referred asthe first material for the essay. For this question modern learners also have got lotsof research results.which can support the theoretical system of the article.By researching of the development of social economy in the south of theYangzte River during the late Ming dynasty, we could know the critical reason forwhy such group protests outbroke so frequently in the city is that industry andcommerce develop to a new level, which leads to transformation of the socialstructure. And this transformation has caused the progress of ideology of the localurban residents. This made them dare to organize protests to fight for their legitimateinterests. Through analyzing such cases, could we find Confucian intellectuals tendto be the initiator and leader of the events and ordinary people act as main role in theprotests.When we looked deep through the group protests which outbroke in the southof the Yangzte River in the late Ming Dynasty, we could make a betterunderstanding of the new social development regular in that time, also the currentsituation and behavior consciousness of the common people.