Research On Wang Clan Of Tengxi In Xiuning

Huizhou in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was a typical patriarchal society.As a pivotal social organization,the patriarchal clan is located in the grassroots society.The functional impact of the patriarchal clan penetrates into the people ’s production practices and daily life and it is also an important means and means for the country to effectively govern grassroots society.The investigation of Huizhou society in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is inseparable from the understanding of the clan.Since the fifties of the last century,Huizhou documents have been published in large numbers,which provides the academic circles with a deep understanding of the actual state of Huizhou clan society.This article refers to " Wang Clan Contract Transcript Book",which contains a long period of time and rich content.It reflects the daily life and production practices of the Wang clan of Tengxi during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties,the value is very precious.This article makes some special investigations on the internal operation of public property,family division,business and population migration,and undertake the Lizhang taxation etc.within Wang clan of Tengxi,which is based on the document,supplemented by genealogy,local chronicles,anthologies and so on.Tengxi Village is located in the 27 th du of Liren Township in Xiuning County,also known as Chen Village.Wang clan of Tengxi migrated to Xiuning county in the early Southern Song Dynasty.And since the Yuan and Ming dynasties,their generations have been registered as artisans.With the reform of the taxation system and the relaxation of the household registration system since the late Ming Dynasty,the clan’s craftsmanship became weaker day by day,and the clan members went out to do business more and more.In the Ming Dynasty,the population of the Wang clan was multiplying day by day,and the organization of the clan was continuously strengthened,became a local famous family with Chen clan.The article systematically sorts out the actual social changed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the adaptation and development of the Wang clan.Examined the specific practice of the organization of the Wang clan from Ming to Qing,such as family division,purchase asset,business and so on.At the end of the Ming Dynasty,the economic conditions of the members of the Wang clan began to decline.The Shigu Hall,which was built to strengthen the clan construction and expand the living space,was sold,and the clan people went out to do business one after another.By the time of Kangxi,the economic situation had gradually improved,and foreign investors had been doing business at the same time to purchase asset and servant.By the time of Qianlong,the economic situation had greatly improved.There are often a lot of common occupations at the time of separation,and these common occupations can generally only be maintained for one generation.By the second generation,due to the increase in members of each house,the common occupations are analyzed to avoid conflicts.As small merchants in the Hui merchants group,limited by their own strength,their role in strengthening clan construction and even local development is very limited,and they even take various means to get rid of clan obligations and release the burden of service.At the end of the Ming and early Qing Dynasties,Wang’s branch centered on the ancestral legacy taxation,based on the alternate allowance system,continuously entered into contracts,adjusted the mode of fight taxation according to the actual situation,and established a club Organize and reserve assets for fight taxation.This practice of insufficiency and service is inseparable from the influence of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.It is also a decline in clan economic conditions,clan people have gone out for business one after another,and few people in the clan have taken coping strategies.It is true that with the continuous changes in the social reality of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,especially the changes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the Huizhou clan showed a dynamic development trend of adjustment and adaptation.The topical study of the Wang clan of Tengxi can be used to a certain extent as a microcosm of the exploration of traditional Huizhou clan and grassroots administration,clan and grassroots society,as well as the relationship between clan and grassroots administrative realities and clan and grassroots social management.