From Lalu Family History Of Tibet's Aristocratic Family Inheritance System

Aristocracy is one privilege class in Tibet during Qing Dynasty. As one of the three major estate-holders, aristocracy class had ever produced a very significant influence for the Tibet society historical progress. Inheritance system is the key of a family and even the class'continuation. How the ruling class to guarantee their ruling power and status permanently, inheritance system is one of important elements. It can be said a miniature of social system and culture. Therefore, the study of inheritance system should be nobility the important aspect of aristocracy study. After two generations of Dalai Lama'reincarnation, Lalu family is a more representative family in aristocracy inheritance system on the inheritance of the estate and the hereditary of knighthood, especially the issue of choosing the successor and so on. After many ups and downs. Study the Lalu family'hereditary history can more clearly understand the inheritance system of the Tibetan aristocracy family, and on the basis of which can reflect the character and nature of feudal slavery society.This article firstly reviews the historical process of the formation of Tibetan aristocracy hierarchy, and does a simple sort of Lalu family lineage. On this basis, combines with other aristocracy family inherited behavior cases, from the three horizontal lines about inheritance of aristocracy title, parent status and property and the heirs'range sequence and method in vertical line. This article have summed up some points about Tibetan aristocracy family'inheritance system. Since different combinations of aristocracy family, it certainly forms different successions. And this is an important aspect of this article. In the process of history, the gradually improved inheritance system of aristocratic family formed its own characteristics: First of all, flexible inheritance custom which reflected in the inheritance ways, the selection of the heirs and so on. Secondly, the relationship between aristocracy inheritance and blood, descend and family honor is different from many other nations.'inheritance system had the characteristic overestimating the family honor other than blood. Thirdly, the heir'identity didn't indefinitely expand; it was limited within the same class.Seen from all the indications, the aristocracies classes formed in the early Qing whose inheritance characteristics are continue and develop the traditional Tibetan inheritance habits, and have a same strain with Tubo period'inheritance system . They are inherited and developed. The above of which is the first part. Secondly, the inheritance system of Tibetan aristocracy family is not form gratuitously. It is the result of running of the administrative system which was established by the Qing Dynasty government in Tibet and it has close relations with Tibetan politics, economy and resource and so on.This article, according to textual criticism method, does a textual criticism with the vast amount of historical data in hand. And it uses methods of comparative analysis, system analysis, historical interpretation to compare the history situations referred to in this article in vertical and horizontal. And it combines the anthropological points of view to sum up the characteristics of inheritance system of Tibetan aristocracy family and to analyze the formation of political, economic and historical reasons.