The Study Of The Deng Wen Drum In Ancient China

Deng Wen drum is a special redress grievances system in the long-term existence of ancient China.As an important channel for redressing a grievance,the system reflects the ruler's thought of sympathizing with the people and paying attention to the people's will to some extent.As early as in the Zhou Li,there is a record of the "Road Drum",it can be said that this is the origin of the Deng Wen drum,than the "Road Drum" was renamed to Deng Wen drum in Jin Dynasty.Deng Wen drum system has the dual functions of litigation and admonition at the initial stage of its formation and with the development of Expostulation system,it forms a unique channel for the expostulation.Therefore,the Deng wen drum system has been continuously weakened in terms of the function of speech,and it gradually evolving into a form of action to assume "Drumming Ming Yuan",the judicial function.Take Sui and Tang dynasties for the boundary,the Deng Wen drum system had undergone several evolutionary process,from outside to within the system,from the proceedings added to the pre-trial access to the highest level.However,Once the cases involving ordinary people,this channel need a few elements:a huge financial base and a strong social network,or near the capital.If these elements are not in place,then its drum Su Yuan process is extremely difficult,or even no avail.Today,there are many similarities between the Petition system and the Deng Wen drum,whether in their formal or how the cases are handled.Compared with the ancient Deng Wen drum system,today's Petition system is facing more problems,and this paper tries to find the Deng Wen system's merits in the contrast between the past and the present,in order to be beneficial to the current Petition system.