State Structure Of The Shang Dynasty

This paper has carried out systematic research for the national structure of Shang dynasty, there was a lot of assemble to fall (city) in the vast territory of Shang kingdom, these assemble fall according to the relation of blood relationship assemble to fall crowd, every which with a center assemble fall for center combined environmental ordinary assemble to fall and formed a small country , Shang kingdom was formed by these numerous small countries. In Shang kingdom, what carry out was the national configuration of " internal and external different levels management" of only characteristic. The Shang king used different levels bureaucrat for central government special system dominance of elementary implement, the central country relies on the powerful military strength to make other small countries submit, recognizes their relative independence, and retains their autonomy on its local armed forces and politics, it was the local national organization of Shang kingdom , local dukes nominal confer and making them hold a post in central government reinforced central connections and the indirect dominance with local small countries, In Shang kingdom, it is a typical ancestral society. Not only the capital but also small domestic countries used the patriarchal clan with the relation of blood relationship for order management and dominance. The Shang kingdom is the monster that constructed on patriarchal clan, its national configuration and its duty official, as well as the relatively strong political characteristic of religious authority have produced profound influence, the Shang dynasty possess very important position in the development course of the early national form of our country.