A Study On The Officialdom Of Salt And Iron In The Western Han Dynasty And The Social Changes In The Western Han Dynasty

This paper made a research on the relationship of social change and the official Han iron from three aspects. The first aspect is the relationship between ideology and the social transformation of the Western Han Dynasty official salt. From this perspective, a series of changes happened in the early Western Han Dynasty and Han Dynasty social ideology, and the official salt related aspects mainly:one is the weakening of base’s ideology, the social status of businessmen gradually improve; two is the "business to get rich" became the consensus of people, and even can be said to be a social trend of thought; three is the Confucian thought rule thought by the Huang Lao thought quietism of main guide positive leading change. The series of transitions of ideology to the Western Han Dynasty government official salt cleared the ideological obstacles, provided the ideological and theoretical support for the wizard. And the implementation of the official salt and change of ideological consciousness has some influence, mainly for the social status of businessmen to further improve, the base business ideology further weakened, accelerated the utilitarianism prevails, the accelerating trend of folk increasingly thin.The second aspect is the relationship between the social power system change and the Western Han Dynasty official salt and iron. From this perspective, the early Han Dynasty, right, princes Wang Quan, exceedingly wealthy men and potency different degree of threat to the imperial power, and from the horizon into this period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial power gradually consolidate and strengthen. By the time of Wu Di, Wu Di has enough ability to weaken the power of these threats of imperial power, and rare gifts and bold strategy Han Wu Di or weaken these threats and strengthening imperial power of desire. Therefore, to weaken the power of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is the inevitable, while operating salt is just a vassal king, exceedingly wealthy men prosperous roots, therefore, to weaken the feudal emperor King exceedingly wealthy men, such as power, we are bound to cancel their business and rights, we are bound to carry out the official salt. In addition, the emperor of the implementation measures of the official salt and the design and function of weakening the power of. Implementation of the official salt, kings, exceedingly wealthy men, power is weakened greatly, great changes have taken place in the internal structure and the strength of the contrast of social power system, pure exceedingly wealthy men out of the power system of the stage, the monarchy has been greatly weakened, phase right has been a certain extent was again weakened, the local authority power has also been weakened, and the imperial power and the central power is greatly enhanced.The third aspect is the official salt and iron change on the economic life. From this perspective, the implementation of the official salt on the social and economic production, life had a major impact on a series of the mid and late western Han dynasty, led to the late compared to social and economic production, life and early metaphase changes greatly, to a certain extent changed the time of the early Western Han Dynasty social development path. Therefore, may say that the Western Han Dynasty, the official salt is an important development and change of the society of the cardinal.