Monarchism Chinese Society

This dissertation tries to study the public law culture of ancient China through the point of "despotism". As we know, the tradition of distinguishing public law and private law goes to ancient Rome. Since the distinction was introduced to China, a lot of scholars thought that Chinese legal culture belongs to public law culture, which the author agrees. But the author also think that Chinese public law culture goes to another way. It represses not only private law but also public region, so neither "public" nor "private" will grow in China. Besides the preface and the epilogue, the dissertation consists of six parts. Chapter one deals with "Great Unity". As we know, the king of ancient China can not rule effectively without social ideology. The ideology is "Great Unity" in ancient China, both the Confucians and the Legalist did a lot for it. Chapter two deals with the problem of how to regulate officials in ancient China. As we know ,the king can not rule without officials. The Legalist knew that long ago. the king regulated the officials through law, which is the Chinese tradition. but the problem is that it can not work effectively. Chapter three deals with household register. Household register appeared long ago in China because it has a lot of functions. the king depends on it. Chapter four deals the land. China is an agricultural country, so the land is very important in ancient China. through the point of land ,we can recognize the problem of "despotism". Chapter five deals with business and businessmen. Business is a threat to the king, so the king repressed business long ago in China. After a long history, the means dealing with business matured. Chapter six deals with the distinction between "public" and "private", which is an ancient topic in china. Because of the unique power structure in ancient China, the distinction is destined to "despotism" and neither "public" nor "private" will grow in China.