A Study Of The Wang Family In Yuancheng And The Political Situation In The Late Western Han Dynasty

The Wang family of Yuancheng was the descendant of the Qi royal family in the Warring States Period,and its family inevitably declined after the destruction of the Qi State by the Qin Dynasty.In the Western Han Dynasty emperor period,Yuan Cheng Wang family with Wang Zhengjun into the palace as an opportunity to enter politics and Internet began to change.During the period of the Yuan Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty,the Wang clan in Yuancheng took the opportunity of the emperor’s entrance into the palace and began to transform into a foreign relative and enter the political arena.Although the Yuancheng Wang family had little power in the Yuan Dynasty,they were able to preserve their strength in the political struggle between courtiers and eunuchs,which accumulated strength for future development.After Emperor Cheng came to power,the power of the Wang clan in Yuancheng rose rapidly.They spawned party feathers and attacked political enemies,which basically controlled the political situation of the Chengdi Dynasty.To the emperor,Yuan Cheng Wang family,although the monarchy suppressed,but the emperor towards the short-lived,and not to hurt the city of Wang yuan.Hence,Emperor Pingdi of the Han Dynasty and his children and infants were puppet emperors supported by the Yuancheng Wang family,so the Yuancheng Wang family eventually developed into a trend of moving the tripod and realized the independence of the Han Dynasty.We can say that the Yuan Cheng Wang family’s deeply affected the evolution of the late Western Han Dynasty political situation.The reason why the Wang family of Yuancheng had a great influence on the political situation was that on the one hand,they paid attention to the unity of various groups of forces;on the other hand,the thought of catastrophe and the theory of prophecy and latitude in the late Western Han Dynasty also became a powerful weapon for the Wang clan of Yuancheng to fight against political enemies.Through the analysis of the reasons for the development of the family forces,we can conclude that the combination of the Dasima system and the consort clans’ politics in the late Western Han Dynasty provided a suitable political environment for the development of the family.In addition,the internal unity of the Wang family in Yuancheng and the contribution of its outstanding members are also important reasons for its prosperity.The fact that the Wang family of Yuancheng stepped into the administrative center as a relative and eventually replaced the Han Dynasty left a profound lesson to the rulers of later generations.Especially in the early Eastern Han Dynasty,the rulers were deeply affected by the harmfulness of their consort clans’ power.They restricted the exclusive power of their relatives by adjusting the official system and strengthening the ideological and cultural constraints.For future generations,restricting and preventing the development of consort clans has always been an indispensable means for the monarch to maintain its rule.