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A Study On The Confucianist Process Of The Han Gentry In Han Dynasty

Posted on:2019-11-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J Y YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330545956718Subject:Chinese history
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As an important social stratum of the two Han dynasties,the development and transformation of the gentry had a profound influence on the two Han society.In the course of the continuous development and expansion of the Han gentry,their confucianism was parallel to it.The Confucianization of the Han gentry in the Han Dynasty was not only the result of the development of the gentry itself and the confucianism itself,but also had a close connection with the intervention of the autocratic imperial power.The combination of the Han gentry and the confucianism led by the imperial power has great significance for the solidification of the social stratum in the Han Dynasty and for strengthening the power of the imperial power and strengthening the political foundation of autocratic centralization.We say that in the process of confucianism,the imperial power played a leading role.It means that whether it is the development of confucianism or the transformation of the status of the gentry family,it was accomplished under the domination of imperial power.With the establishment of the status of confucianism and the establishment of the official election system,it has also found a new path for the development of the gentry family.Through read the books of the confucian classics,through the inspection system,a large number of gentries and their children became state bureaucrats,which found a convenient way for the combination of the royal family and the imperial power.In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty,the new family of bureaucrats,landlords,and merchants began to form gradually.In this process,the confucianists' confucianism deserves further study.In the Eastern Han Dynasty,the combination of the gentries and the confucianism became more closely,and the relationship between the gentries and the imperial powers also entered a new stage.At that time,there were family members who passed thegenerations.They established private schools and played a further role in promoting confucianism.Gentry gradually began to change from generations to generations of bureaucrats,and the confucianism accelerated the promotion of the two-way process of bureaucratic bureaucratization and bureaucratic ethnicity.Due to the geographical differences and the unbalanced development in political,economic and cultural aspects,the Han Dynasty had significant regional differences in the process of confucianism.In the Central Plains region,which mainly consists of the Guandong,Guanzhong and Jianghuai.,the position of the political center and cultural center is convenient,and the degree of confucianism development is significantly higher than that of the other four sides.The Confucianism in the Central Plains region has played a role in radiation in the four regions,and is more prone to literacy;the Confucianism in the northwest and north areas is not pure,mostly literary and civil studies;the Confucianism in the southwestern region was due to geographical reasons.Slow development,compared with the Central Plains region,is relatively closed;Confucianism in the Jiangnan region is mainly in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties,Confucianism followed by strong development.In general,in the process of confucianism in the Han Dynasty,central plains,represented by Guanzhong,Guandong,Jianghuai and other places,has the highest level of development,followed by the four regions.In the four hundred years of development of the two Hans,the gentries were a large number of local social forces whose composition was noisy in the early Han Dynasty and the Central Departed from the decentralized State.They turned into a new family of bureaucrats,landlords,and merchants in the middle Western Han Dynasty.In the latter part of the Eastern Han Dynasty,it was further transformed into a light and heavy gatekeeper and family in the central and local political arenas,completing a "triple jump." In this process of transformation,imperial power plays a leading role,and confucianism is one ofthe most important links.The overall temperament of the society in the Han Dynasty was gradually changed from "martial" to "literacy",which virtually promoted the formation of the Chinese cultural community,and the confucianism of the heroic family played an important role that could not be ignored.Studying the confucianism in the Han and Han Dynasties has far-reaching significance in deepening the understanding of social transformation in the middle and late Han Dynasty and the transformation of the gentries in the Han Dynasty into Wei and Jin dynasties.
Keywords/Search Tags:Han Dynasty, gentry, confucianism, inspection system, read through the books of the generations as officials
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