The Changes Of Local Power Structure And Anti-church Case In The Southwest Of Shandong In The Late Nineteenth Century

At the late of 19th century, two kinds of emerging power really had been signed in the southwest country society of Shandong and had basically essential differentiation. Dadaohui had been rising in the southwest country society. From its internal structure, The leadership position of Dadaohui still had been belong to local gentlemen in the country society and bottom layer landlord , the member of Dadaohui was form the bottom layer and unemployed farmer in the country society , the purpose of Dadaohui supported the proper rights of the country society. The rise of Dadaohui is merely the inherent form of the change in the traditional power structure and still didn't outrun the scope of the traditional social power structure. However the invasion of church authority damaged the local power structure thoroughly. This kind of influence invades to result in unprecedented deep fluctuation. The first, the large quantity people attend to religion, disrupted original social order and relation of rank. According to the religion, the people were divided into two obvious stratums. Secondly under support of the foreign missionary, its life, behavior method and its faith had a style of its own and owned parts of privileges in politics, economy and the aspects of life. Therefore valid power system had been become from up to the church, under to the missionary in the country society. Doubtlessly this system was a kind of threat to the original place social order. Particularly the influence of church thorough village neighborhood shared and even replaced parts of political power of the original organize in the country society. Doubtlessly this was a kind of unprecedented serious wound and stroke to organization and structure of country society.