A Study On The Wu Family Of Pucheng In The North Song Dynasty

The Wu family in Pucheng is a typical middle-class scholar family in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty.The reason why the family can transform from the commoner family into the big family at that time is mainly due to two reasons.First: It is in the environment of Chongwen restraining martial arts,the development of the imperial examination system,and the demise of the gate valve system.The family members are diligent and hard-working,and with imperial examinations,they have entered the officialdom.Second: Consolidate family power through marriage and friendship.These two aspects can not only explain the reasons for the prosperity of the Wu family in Pucheng,but also analyze the reasons for their decline.The rise and fall of the Wu family in Pucheng can be roughly divided into four stages: in the first stage,Wu Rui led the people to migrate from Pucheng to Wu waiting for the celebrity,and the people lived on farming;in the second stage,Wu waiting for the imperial examination,Entering the government as an official laid the foundation for the development of the family;in the third stage,Wu Yuwen 's four sons Wu Yu,Wu Fang,Wu Jing,and Wu Chong successively passed the junior examination and Wu Yuguan went to the office of Zhizhi,Wu Chongguan went to Tongzhongshu Under the door,Zhang Zhangshi;in the fourth stage,there are no more people in the family.Members or Yin Bu joined the official,or did not join the official.In the first year of the Great View(1107),Wu Chu and Wu Zheng were involved in the "Zhang Huaisu Case" and completely declined,and they withdrew from the political stage of the Northern Song Dynasty.This article first sorts out the origin and lineage of the Wu family in Pucheng.Secondly,the process of the rise and fall of the Wu family in Pucheng is discussed by explaining the deeds of the representatives of each stage of the family.Then,the influence of the Wu family in Pucheng on the political situation is discussed.Then it discusses the marital status and social status of the Wu family in Pucheng,and analyzes the important role they played in the rise of the Wu family in Pucheng.Finally,the reasons for the decline of the Wu family in Pucheng are discussed from three aspects: imperial examinations,political positions and political ideas of family members,and the case of Zhang Huaisu.