On The War Etiquette And Military Culture

In the three dynasties of Xia, Shang, west Zhou before Qin, the divine power, patriarchal system and diadem combined so close that not only gave the social property to the religious consciousness of omniscience, but also developed the sacrificing etiquette to the guide line which judge all the social behaviors. Ruling the army with etiquette is the outcome of such social ideology. Therefore, in the ruling classes before Spring and Autumn Period, the etiquette was the basis of the state and army management, the dominant reason of breaking out a war and the important estimate measuring the worthiness of the wars. There was a trend of "the etiquettes and music are collapsing". However, the tradition of Zhou's etiquette actually influenced every one of all the social ranks and guided their words and behaviors. The existence of Zhou's etiquette not only weighed heavily in the diplomatic relations of all the states, but also deeply influenced the forming of the special social structure of Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, the etiquette and music actually collapsed with the society development and the perturbation of the fatality consciousness. It would undoubtedly be a historical standing joke to esteem the etiquette and keep faith in the war. Ruling the army with etiquette faded out the history stage. But as the root of Chinese military culture, it still influences the afterworld a lot.The scholars separated the etiquette into five types as auspicious, ominous, guest, military and fine. The military etiquette of it is a large concept, which contains the everyday management of the army, the strategy during the war and all the etiquettes like triumphing and displaying the captive after the war. The previous scholars used to do some deep research on the aspects of military etiquette before Qin. However, their research emphasized more in the single aspects like sacrifice, vow, etc. There are no papers that do some roundly discussion and analysis on the development of military etiquette before Qin. This disquisition will spread into two subjects as the special conformation of military etiquette before Qin and its origination and development. Firstly, there is a comprehensive discussion of its types, forms, originating reasons and its relation with the Spring and Autumn Period,...