The Research On Basic-level Society Institutions Of Chu State

This paper uses the system of client state, the system of enfeoffment, the system of prefecture and country in the Chu State as the research objects. Through the arrangement and the research of document literatures, this paper summarizes the system of primary level management in Chu State.The research of the client state system is the main innovation point in this paper.During its external expansion process, the Chu State retained some feudatory states.These states leeched on to the Chu State after they were compromised and became client states of the Chu State. By governing the Quan State, Badi, the Xu State and the Lai State,the Chu State established an integrated system of client states. And this system experienced a process which from the supervision system to the people movement. This paper emphatically analyzed the evolution of the role of the Zeng State in the vassal system of the Chu State, showed clearly that the Zeng State was a typical example in the client state system of the Chu State, and had an important effect on political development of the Chu State.The system of enfeoffment in the Chu State underwent the transformation the principality system into the enfeoffment system. The principality system was mainly adopted from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, and the enfeoffment system was adopted in the Warring States Period. In order to compare the similarities and differences between the system of enfeoffment and principality, this paperteasing the positions' set up in this two systems, researches the local management system in the Chu State and analyzes the transformation of the local management system in various historical stages to conclude the influence on the development of the Chu society.To research the system of prefectures and counties of the Chu State, this paper studies the change of the setting of the local positions and government regulators in the Chu State, explores the process of the development and perfection of the system of prefectures and counties, combining the achievements of archeology for years, such as the Baoshan Chu Slips and the slips of the Marquis Zen. Form this, this paper can research the primary level management of the Chu society.Through the research in the three primary level systems, we will find more ideas for the research of Chu culture.