From Intermediary In Yuan Dynasty To The Official And Civilian Interaction Of The Grass-Roots Society

The Yuan dynasty was the first unified dynasty established by ethnic minorities in Chinese history.The Mongolian factors and the traditional Chinese tradition have made the local society of the Yuan dynasty quite different,which characterized by a number of middlemen who are active among grassroots officials and ordinary people.These middleman were represented by proprieter and official media.Some functions of these middleman were continued their former generation,but they were also some variation occurred in the Yuan dynasty.They were acting as a public area between the official and the ordinary people.On one hand,they represent the government,and enforce the laws and policies of the government,and permeates the power of the government to every aspect of people's life.On the other hand,because of they are also part of ordinary people,when their interests coincide with the demands of the ordinary people,they also act as a spokesmen of the ordinary people.The proprieter of the Yuan dynasty came to the historical stage when the law of"LiShe" was issued in the seventh year of YuaZhi.The role of the proprieter is to urge people on their agriculture and handicraft industry at the beginning,and then extended to illegal correction,social relief,water conservancy and other aspects.So they play an important role in local society in the Yuan dynasty.The official media is the one who registered in government and supervised by the government,they were also play an important role in local society in the Yuan dynasty.The government can regulate the economic,political and marital life of the public through the actions of proprieter and official media,and the public also reflects their demands to the government through proprieter and official media.Of course,in practice the specific process,they also have their own interests,so sometimes their behavior would deviate from the official's will and the public demands.