The Research Of The Economic Expenditure Of The Mansion Of The Chun Prince In Qing Dynasty

The Mansion of Prince Chun in Qing dynasty sprang up two emperors(Gangxu,Xuantong)and one prince regent during the three generations,therefore,ascent the top of the Qing dynasty polity. However, in fact,under the authoritarian shock of empress dowager, the owners of the prince mansion were, extremely cautious,and well-behaved,even the prince mansion's construction was built lower than normal rules and regulations.Even so, comparing with the other princes,the political position of the prince mansion's masters was still incomparable, Prince Chun had enjoyed two grand prince mansion successively, and were equipped with a higher level's organization establishment and facilities of carriages and horses than common princes,reflecting on the economic status,the special political power,was the priority to prince's double pay,abundant taxes of banner lands,and generous rewards from imperial palace,and frequent incomes from etiquette and custom activities.Despite the abundant material base, the prince mansion's economic spending was quite striking, it had to give a big amount salaries to the servants of the large organization, support a large number of mules,horses and other animals,and maintain each infrastructure of the prince mansion,meanwhile,the master's own luxury consumption in daily life, frequent etiquette and custom interaction,and sacrifice activities also consumed a large amount of wealth, and sometimes even appeared the phenomenon of cannot making ends meet,and being in debt.Comparing with the fifth level capital officials Li Ciming of Qing dynasty,the prince mansion's servant salary amount was barely equal to his highest annual expenditure,it showed the prince mansion's economic spending amount was so large that ordinary capital officials cannot be matchable.As for the reasons of the huge expenditure, besides the luxury lifestyle, the constraints of feudal etiquette system, and the impact of palace culture were also important factors. Under the strict feudal etiquette system, the prince mansion's owners must obey relevant provisions of the hierarchy,being equipped with large organizations, being particular about the ostentation of the clothes,food,house,shelter and travel,and spending a lot of gold and silver in the etiquette and custom activities frequently to show exalted position, at the same time,under the influence of the royal family's multiple belief system of Shamanism, Buddhism, Taoism, ancestor worship, worship of Confucius, folk beliefs and the imperial power of belief systems, the prince mansion's masters formed the habit of sacrifice almost every day.In short, due to the feudal etiquette system's constraints and the palace culture's influence,the Mansion of the Prince Chun in Qing dynasty, formed a special expenditure structure and high levels of spending, this article is the first attempt to research prince mansion economic details,only can reach the research level of revealing the expense outlook of the Mansion of Prince Chun sketchily,the connotation,of economic life,of the prince mansion,is rich, it remains to be further developed.