The Study Of Ritual System During Wang Mang's Reign

Wang Mang has a new dynasty ritual reform important historical position in the history of the ancient ritual China,after Wang Mang came to power,began a comprehensive reform of the system,and innovation with the Confucian classics as the theoretical basis of the reform,especially in the influence of the reform of Jiaosi,temples,officials,administrative divisions,Xunshou,Mingtang system very large,many of the reform of the system was inherited by the Eastern Han Dynasty,eventually became the blueprint in the later ritual.Jiaosi from the Western Zhou Dynasty have always been the ruling class in the ceremonies is "offering",however since the week decline,princes emperor Jiao arrogation appeared "ceremony,ritual music collapse" phenomenon.To the world,established different from Zhou Dai's Jiaosi,to worship as Jiaosi system.Then,the establishment of Wuzhi Yong Han Qin system,Han Wudi established the Chinese Spring and a French too earth Fen Yin Jiaosi system.But with the scholars into the ruling class,and began to examine the original Jiaosi system to the Confucian classics,and then asked to reform,the Kuang Heng emperor during the establishment of civil Jiaosi system,due to lack of emperor and heir Emperor Qin Ji,twice the abolition of the southern suburbs of Jiaosi system,Wang Mang in the final period of emperor Ping established south of Jiaosi the system is changed,the sacrificial rites,later dynasties became the blueprint of Jiaosi system.The temple is the ancestor worship,but due to political factors itself,Emperor ancestral temple system in ancient times is very important.Since the Western Han Dynasty emperor Ping period began to reform the system of classical Confucian temple,until Wang Mang absorbed Liu Hsin's "father" and "Zong" is the very number of variable number of thoughts,and Xia sacrifice,was inherited by the Eastern Han Dynasty,became the later dynasties ritual blueprint.Wang Mang's official reform,with the Confucian classics "Zhou","book of Rites" as the basis,to make snap reform of the official,established Jiuqing is nine people,a male over three Qing government official system.At the same time to reform the state official,the establishment of zhoumu system was inherited by the Eastern Han Dynasty,Zhou Mu system has great impact on the Eastern Han Dynasty,before the mid Eastern Han Dynasty Jianwu eighteenuses is Wang Mang new dynasties established zhoumu system.Wang Mang's new era of administrative division reform is more complex,first to change the Han state thirteen,and then changed to Kyushu,while re divided the region,to change the name of the place,the government chaos in.Wang Mang again according to the Confucian classics,"book of rites kingship" to reform the Xunshou ceremony,established the emperor five years hunting round,four times a year,respectively in February,May,August,November East tour south,West,North patrol patrol.The Xunshou includes worship of mountains,folk customs,life view,the feudal ceremony ceremony,finally return worship,Eastern Han Dynasty inherited the idea.Wang Mang is also on the Mingtang ritual for the reform of Wang Mang,referring to Liu Hsin's suggestion,to build a hall in the south of Changan,make it more consistent with the requirements of the Confucian classics,and in the hall with God,offering to ancestors Xia worship the ancestors,to declare that their legitimate and divine emperor,this practice was inherited by the Eastern Han Dynasty.Become the custom of later dynasties.Wang Mang is in the new system,according to the Confucian classics "Zhou","book of Rites","Shang" as the theoretical basis,innovation based on absorption of the Western Han Dynasty,pre Qin ritual and.As a result,the historical status of Wang Mang's new rites cannot be ignored.