The Estates Of Clans Of River South In Ming-qing Dynasties

The clans are our traditional society peculiar form of organizations. Reconstruction of clan in Song Dynasty and the development from the bureaucracy to ordinary class in middle of Ming Dynasty, made the clan multiplied in Ming-Qing Dynasties. The River South of our country has the agriculture culture, the human environment of Confucianism and a smaller number of the war making there are more abundant and full pedigree charts. Provide vast amounts of data for researching the clans of River South in Ming-Qing Dynasties.Then estates of clans are the foundation for the people's living in clans. Providing the funding sources for the sacrificial activities, the pedigree charts and establishing the ancestral temples, also is the people's life in the economy. Form the view of the estates of clans, from the angle of economy and society, to understand the development status of the clans of River South in Ming-Qing Dynasties. For more comprehend the development track of clans.This thesis consists of following seven chapters:The part one is the introduction, I will explain the sense of the topic, the object f exploration, the structure and the material and the limitations of the research.The part two is Chapter one. I will expound the relationship between the estates of clans and the clans, and explain the differences between the family possession with the estates of clans and the estates of ancestral hall with the estates of clans. The next is the Chapter two. I will expound the development of the clans of River South in Ming-Qing Dynasties, including the influence to the estates of clans form the land system and the spread of the clans. Last, it's three main sources of the estates of clans.In Chapter three, I will expound the functions and purposes of the estates of clans. The functions are the internal reflected and the purposes are the external expression.In Chapter four, I will expound the management and disposal of the estates of clans. In the first section, I will expound the manager's choice and their responsibility. In the second section, I will expound the sell and division of the estates of clans, including the limit of sell, the way of sell, the way of division and so on.In Chapter five, I will expound the protecting of the estates of clans. Because the estates of clans are the function of the clans, also the main source of national tax. So from the official to folk all make the protective measures for the estates of clans. I will expound the object form three aspects: the national law, the clan rules and the contracts.The last part is the conclusion. From another angle to see the estates of clans, the reconstruction of clan just is pursued spiritually to the culture of clan. The development of privatization today, the reconstruction of clan is difficult to express on a physical plane.