The Research On The Historical Reflection Thoughts Of Early Han Dynasty

Early Western Han Dynasty, the supreme ruler and thinkers formed a ideologicaltrend which based on “Qin” historical reflection. First, because the Han Dynastysubstituted Qin Dynasty, for the time before and after the phase of the Qin Dynasty,only15years remaining on the disintegration of the regime, which seeks long-termstability of the society for the early Han Dynasty ruling class provides a deephistorical reference; Second, the new government has just established, the rule classhave to face a lot of social problems. So at that time,the early Han Dynasty historicalreflection of this trend which is the turning point of history has been promoted by allaspects of social conflicts. In order to solve the problem about politics and economywhich is faced by three thinkers Lu Jia, Jia Yi and Chao Cuo, their political thoughts,consciously resonated with the policy statecrafts of the supreme rulers. For the earlyHan Dynasty economic depression, Princes expanding, aggressive problems from theHuns, thinkers and supreme rulers correspondingly proposed some political thoughtsand measures what are “people-oriented”,“weakening vassal kingdom” and“border defense”. The ruling class that based on the establishment of social realitysummarized historical experiences and learned the lessons of history. To achievepeace and stability of society, the ruling class actively had been seeking a better“medicine” about country and bringing peace. The Historical Reflection trend of thisperiod played a decisive role to solve the social conflicts and strengthen thedevelopment of the Han Dynasty, even establishing foundation of Emperor Wu ofHan’s heyday, which had profound ideological value and historical significance.