Tang Dynasty Cultural Policy Research

During the Tang Dynasty, the political power is stable, the economy booms, the nationalities fuse and the culture is developed. The Tang Dynasty rulers, who summarize the historic experience and inherit the previous cultural achievements, further strengthen the cultural management and the cultural reconstruction, which forms systemic cultural policy. The establishments of the historical bureau, the books management structure, the education administration organization, the religion management structure and music management structure have gradually consummated its culture management system, and safeguarded its cultural policy's implementation. The Tang Dynasty rulers, who re-establish the Confucianism's dominant status, revive the Confucianism and widely popularize education. They implement the Imperial Civil Service Examination to select scholars for public offices, develop special course education and vocational education, encourage private study and strengthen educational exchange. In the political rule standpoint, the Tang Dynasty rulers adopt the policy that is to tolerate, support, use and limit the religion. Furthermore, The Tang Dynasty rulers also value music culture's development and impel positively with the neighboring country's music cultural exchange. The Tang Dynasty culture policy has many characteristics, for example, its management system is complete, its policy tendency is open and its culture is multi-dimensional, etc. The Tang Dynasty culture policy has consolidated its political power, promoted the national fusion, pushed forward the cultural multi-dimensional development, and greatly improved Tang Dynasty's international standing.