Two Weeks The Hostages Research

Hostage is the pledge property that one party wins the trust of the other party to resolve the bilateral relations during the Zhou Dynasties, a special group among feudal lords and internal communications. Sending the hostages is very active in Spring and Autumn period. The hostages had multiple identities and played multiple roles. Not only work as a friendship and mutual trust between the two countries, but also as a Collator that a country win the trust of his country,become a major tool to blackmail and other small countries, Time to the Warring States period, sending the hostages were given new features by the era in resolving conflicts between countries.In order to obtain territory, big country detained hostages is widespread, the hostages were used as a tool by policymakers to maneuver among feudal lords, meanwhile. There was a special hostage-taking institution with the maturity of the hostages system.Sending the hostages is common diplomatic means that deal with inter-ethnic relations and later feudal social relations. Exploring the complexity of the problem behind the situation, figuring out the development context in the relative historical period and the far-reaching influence, which helps a lot in understanding the changes during Spring and Autumn period. This research can enhance the research of diplomatic etiquette and the political system in ancient China, meanwhile it reveals important significance when posterity deal with the relations between the States.