A Preliminary Study Of The Vertical Flow Of The Tang Dynasty Society

The Tang dynasty is a prosperous feudal dynasty in the history of our country, the Tang dynasty in the feudal society in a relatively open society, makes the form of closed since ancient times the hierarchy of hit, all classes exist between up and down between the vertical flow, increase social mobility phenomenon.Tang dynasty social members enjoy privileges can be roughly divided into the royal aristocracy, enjoy some privileges of bureaucracy, and no privilege but have at least personal power subaltern stratum, and no power untouchable caste.Royal castes, enjoys a great power, is out of the ruling class. To compete for the highest dominance within the group launched a series of political struggle, the battle is gaining a soaring, become dynasty ruler, or become a crown, or rights in one's hand as a person under ten thousand worthies, and lose one party will be squeezing, from this class.Bureaucracy, according to rank can be divided into senior bureaucrats and belownormal bureaucrats, social status, though not as good as the royal aristocrats, but still enjoy some privileges. Officials of the vertical flow mainly on careers, lineage family assessment, nepotism, bureaucracy, political struggle, even taking bribes, etc will become the factors that cause they flow up and down.Patrician class, to be the ruling class, bear the national various taxes the corvee, according to the industry, roughly divided into people, agriculture, industry and commerce, as a bridge between subaltern and bureaucrats, the respect of the government and all social class members, into the seal will be worship, back can teach of farming. Handles businessmen, the influence of the farming business suppression policy is discrimination class, but it won't affect their positive attitude, they accumulate wealth, with, enter the bureaucrats' identity and status change, there are also some exiled went bankrupt because of poor management. Farmers, is the highest number of social groups, both rich as croesus subaltern big landlords, also have a poor lonely, clothed tenants. Talent is outstanding, realized to the fate of injustice, a portion of them began to take part in the imperial examinations, military, etc., in the military strength to enter the upper society, to ensure our officers, become the common people are in the mouthpiece of the ruling class.Dalits, located at the bottom of society, with no power, by the social discrimination, is the master of private property, no household register, no private property. Mainly from the criminal Ji Mei, prisoners, or subsistence farmers from selling or captive sold into slavery, once they are included in the base, unless the court, master's, buy yourself, your family, or shall not be separated from base, once the escape arrest will be severely punished.Social mobility between all levels of the tang dynasty, although a smaller, more for flow between adjacent strata, but the flow is common in every class, especially the flow of this class is most obvious, become the ruling class and be the bridge between the ruling class. Society in the tang dynasty the vertical flow of mobilizing the enthusiasm of the social members of different social classes, expand the rule base, played a major role for the stable development of society, but also promote the development of agriculture and industry and commerce, the development of social culture also shine in the flow.