The Changes Of The Tang Dynasty Peasant Family's Status

During Chinese Feudal Society that depending on agriculture. Whether the harvest was bumper or poor was concerned with the country's policy and the people's living. The peasants' condition for existence influenced the stability of the state. So the changes of the peasant family predicted the changes of the feudal dynasties' politics. The Tang Dynasty's peasant family of the most prosperous stage in Chinese history was of representative. Its status was a changing course, This text is trying to research the condition of the Tang Dynasty's peasant family. Hoping to find out what role the changes of the peasant family's status played in the course of Tang Dynasty's changes.The text consists of four parts. The introduction divided the changes of Tang Dynasty's peasant family by chaos of An Shi, the earlier stage ,the latter one .And considering that the peasant family's stability is obvious on the earlier stage, at the same time, stability is relative and changing is inevitable.The second part discusses the traits of the changes of Tang Dynasty's peasant family on the earlier stage. As the government carried out the effective agriculture policy, in addition to the development of the traditional agriculture skills, The peasant family's condition improved in the fields of economic, politics and society. A part of peasants ascended the social upper strata by military exploit,.marriage, imperial exam, being in business .The third part probing into the traits of the changes of Tang Dynasty's peasant family on the latter state. First of all, expanding what influence the peasant family got by the changes of tax system, then discussing the elements which made the status of the peasant family decline. At the same time,on thelatter stage, the disaster of the war was endless. The natural calamity, such as flood, drought, which had the living of the peasant family one disaster after another. The conclusion was that the status of the Tang Dynasty peasant family's descending was inevitable.The last part, Pointing out that the changes of the status of the peasant family was an engine of Tang Dynasty's changes. It was both hi this way not only during the earlier stage that peace reigned under heaven, but also in the course of the latter stage which was at a low ebb quickly. Its changes influenced the fields of social economic ,politics, culture and so on.In a word, with the development of the history, The status of Tang Dynasty's peasant family presented the unstable state. It's formed by the complex factor. During this period. The peasants had to fight with the nature. They worked hard to improve their social status all the time ,too. So they got more freedom from the landlord and feudal country. Their taxes and corvee burden was become further reasonable. Their degree of liberty was strengthened greatly. Their social status was enhanced by degrees. Then, they pushed forward the development of the whole society.