The Research On The Cultural Policy Of The Ming Dynasty

Ming dynasty culture had made brilliant achievements in various fields, and present a distinctive character, it must closely relate to the implementation of a series of policies in the field of culture by Ming governors. Based on the old cultural management systems of the Tang,Song,Yuan dynasties and combined with the requirements of the times, Ming Dynasty governors established a more comprehensive cultural management system from the top to down, ensuring the smooth implementation of cultural policies of the Ming Dynasty.Based on the tenet of "governing the country to educate first", the government set up more schools throughout the country, and positively implemented the the imperial civil service examination, also requestsed the majority scholars to revere the hole,to read the Confucian classics, to make sure the domination of Neo-Confucianism and through the education to cultivation of good social customs.The Ming Dynasty governors basically hold the tolerant manner to the different religions, implementing the reward policy. Regardless of Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism or Islamism,all obtained the development to some extent in the Ming Dynasty, they played the huge role in maintenance the Ming Dynasty power. But facing the vigorous development of the folk religious, the government were severely and blew to ban nip in the bud.As to the cultural communication, the Ming Dynasty governors showed a very positive attitude, they compiled a series of foreign language study books to strengthen the foreign language study.Meanwhile,the Ming Dynasty governors also could strictly elect the diplomatic envoys, treat courteously to the envoys coming to China. At the same time, they carried out extensive communication with each other through poetry,prose and books;To the foreign cultures, the Ming Dynasty governors could held the tolerance attitudes toward them, thus even more advanced the communication among different cultures, ultimately achieved the common progress.Regarding the cultural market, the Ming Dynasty governors had positively carried on the guidance to its direction of management and expense. Simultaneously,the Ming Dynasty governors attached importance to the collection of business tax, also further strengthened to rectify and standardize the cultural market. From there, the national culture will reflected incisively and vividly. The formation of Ming dynasty cultural policy was the real reflection of the economic development condition at that time. Meanwhile,it showed that the chinese ancient patriarchal authoritarian culture had developed maturity.It was aslo the government need to maintain the state power. The implementation of the Ming dynasty culture policy, which had a positive impact on society, such as the maintenance of the rule of the Ming dynasty, contributing to the consolidation and growth of the consolidated multi-ethnic State,expansion the international influence of the Ming dynasty, the promotion of culture to many layers;At the same time, it also brings a certain negative effects, such as seriously hindered the majority of scholars free-thinking, impeded the further development of science,contributed to the Ming Dynasty political corruption and so on.