Genealogy Discourse And Power Expression

Genealogy is a constructed text by a specific population, according to some"guiding ideology" and"patterns of writing". It includes not only the general beliefs and ideology and principles of compilation, but also the specific groups' discourse expression. This discourse reflects their interests to real socity and life, shows genealogy's worldly and utilitarian appearance behind the sacred veil of the Chinese lineage's Charter.Firstly, genealogy is a platform that the Chinese lineage constructing collective discourse power in local society. Secondly, when the Chinese lineage produces branch factions and interests differentiation, collective discourse expression often splits into many tribes secondary collective discourse system. In conflict situations, genealogy even becomes a tool of discourse power contest. Thirdly, as the Chinese lineage public literature, genealogy contains discourse penetration of the individual interests that impairs the genealogy of the sacred and fair. Finally, the discourse expression reflects the Chinese lineage power pattern and its change in the local society. The dominant groups in the power relationship take control of discourse production and circulation, and using it to serve the existing power relations. But, sometime, vulnerable groups can also be discourse expression by compiling genealogy. Relationship of power network presents the flow of multiple interactive features.Further, this paper points out that genealogy bears some special functions in local society in Ming and Qing dynasty. The point will be help to understand the reason of assemble discourse power in genealogy. Along with the Chinese lineage system gradually become important foundation of local social order in Ming and Qing dynasty, genealogy also transcends serving the Chinese lineage itself and the general cultural significance, already has some overflow functions that serving the grass-roots social operation. Such as, to assist the official census register control, serving as a legal basis for trial, participating in the construction of local culture. These practical functions are the important reason attracting the power discourse into the genealogy text.