Discussion Wealthy Class's Social Mobility And Capital Flows On Tang And Song Dynasties

With the collapse of land equalization policy and the popularity of the form of land tenancy in Tang and Song Dynasties, a new social class - the rich are on the stage of history. During this period, the unique is in that the end of the political aristocracy and the imperial politics of the final establishment of the supreme imperial power as the right to control all the resources of society, to seek security and stability, but it must be attached to the imperial power, into the bureaucracy; and another characteristic of this period is the increased social mobility, with the imperial examination system to establish a final selection of the most important means of officials, regardless of the door first, regardless of blood, regardless of geographic kinds of people are eligible to take the imperial society examinations, comprehensive examinations can official position official. In this social context, it has rich economic resources, in order to obtain personal and property safety and family long-term development, actively invest their wealth and imperial closely related to the field of education, school, book, and by money into contact with the scholar officials to actively squeeze into the bureaucracy, and seek protection. Beside going to the positive the rich did not forget their hometown, they gave contribution to public development and got the local prestige to protect from difficult situation in the imperial tyrannic era. There is three parts in this article.Part I: the rich appeared when great changes happened in Tang and Song Dynasties.They have certain economic strength, but can't protect their property. Only if they achieve the identity transformation, they can obtain long-term development of the rich family. The imperial examination system in Tang and Song Dynasty is the main method for government to choose person. So the rich are active to take part in it for changing their social identity.Part II: this part is about the rich's capital flows. For achieve the status of upper class family, the rich focus on the field of education, books and related fields. Meanwhile, the smart rich also made the royal clan marriage to achieved identity transformation more easily. However, because the "Scholars" at this time are completely different from Jin's, they can't be the upper classes of society forces when they got the identity transformation, but just a vassal of the imperial power. The bureaucracy will squeeze into the wealth wealthy exhausted.Part III: this part focuses on the rich consolidate capital flows. The lonely rich considered that only the hometown is their home, so the rich contributed to invest in their hometown and won local reputation for stabling family. the rich in Tang and Song Dynasties appeared in particular social context, there are both opportunities and challenges, but only if they yield the imperial power, they can survive and develop.