A Study On Song State Royal Clan In The Spring And Autumn Period

Song state, as an offspring of Shang Dynasty, is a more special state in Spring and Autumn Period. As they used the old custom of Shang Dynasty, they were vividly conservative. Because of this, Song obeyed the old custom between the Monarch and the Ministers completely. With the impact of patriarchate, Song state maintain their rulement by blood ties. In Song State, the offspring of the royal family takes high positions and they can take it generation by generation. Because of this, there formed the system of royal Clan and hereditary Ministers. The royal Clan of Song had the same ancestor basically.Song improved and developed the Royal Clan system, such as Hua shi, Yue shi, Huang shi of Dai clan; and Yu shi, Dang shi, Xiang shi of Huan clan. They were Ministers generation by generation. On the one hand, it resisted the power-snatching by Ministers of other clan. On the other hand, the Royal Clan were Ministers generation by generation. The power of the clan gradually strengthened as the development of national strength. At last, they held the power of the state generation by generation or several royal Clan held the power in turn. So Royal Clan played an important role in Song Political stage at last. For their own sake, every Royal Clan would fight with other Clans constantly.As Song used the old custom of Shang Dynasty, the Royal Clan formed and developed and became strengthened very easily. Royal Clan was the most important maintenance power in the Royal family of Song. In a word, the history of Song in Spring and Autumn Period is a history of political activities of Royal Clans. The political activites of Royal Clan decided the road of Song state. Royal Clan became the protagonist in the historical stage of Song. And they played an extremely far-reaching role in the history of Song.