The Local Nobilities and Regime Of Xiao Liang In Jing Zhou and Yong Zhou and Yu Zhou
| Autor: | Fu-Yuan Zheng, 鄭富元 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 100 Liang Wu Di reigned nearly 50 years (502-549). During his time, Southern Dynasty achieved the prosperity in the areas of culture, military, and politics. However, the Jiangnan economy got declined due to the HouJing Rebellion in the end of the dynasty. The nobility who have been occupied the political resources of the Southern Dynasty were attacked seriously. The troubled times not only reshaped the Liang territory, but also revealed the opportunity for the North and the South to be once reunited. After Yongjia Rebellion, family-based and geographic-based nobilities moved to the south to ward off the disaster. The local nobles who moved to the south earlier hold all the political resources and occupied the senior positions in the central government, and they suppressed other families to become inferior nobilities. It is the next best thing for the families, who moved to the south later, to put their efforts on consolidating the forces of residency. On one hand, they try to build up their strength by recruiting the displaced people who went to the south in hope of warding off disasters. On the other hand, they try to collaborate with local officials, such as the Royals who governed the state or the ambitious Generals with different surnames. These local notables served the Southern Dynasties through contributing the powerful armed forces in exchange for their family to be promoted into higher social status, and they thus became the backbone of the Southern regime. These local notables profoundly influenced the Southern Dynasties as in the events of the local rebellion or the royalty fighting for the kingship. In contrast, the Liang Dynasty did not have rebellions rose in by Generals with different surnames or local nobles. There was no rebellion led by royals under the policy of Princes in Garrisons. If Houjing Rebellion had not hastened the decline of the Liang Dynasty, Emperor Jianwen Xiao Gang could ascend the throne. Then the fate of the Liang Dynasty would still remain unknown. Hence, this article will focus on the relationship between Liang Wu Di and the local nobilities and his strategy of local personnel arrangements. Chapter 2 and 3 will discuss the issue from local nobilities’ point of view. Chapter 2 will introduce the development of nobility in Jing and nobility in Yu in Liang Dynasty, including the analysis of governor designated and infrastructure. Chapter 3 discusses the political identity of nobility Yu, who could choose to surrender to the Northern Wei or others. Also, this chapter will review the local nobilities in Yu Zhou, who kept low and cautious because under suspicion from others. In order to fight against the invasion and harassment from Northern Wei, Liang Wu Di needed the help from nobility Yu. At the end of the day, Jia Hou clans allied with HouJing and rebelled in Jiangnan. Chapter 4 will lead a discussion, considering Princes in Garrisons as the primary condition for local managements in Jing Zhou, Yong Zhou and YuZhou, whether the nominations for Ci Shi, Chang Shi were made appropriately while Liang Wu Di faced the revolt of local forces, the Northern governor and the Southern governor. By reviewing the development of the three nobilities and the interactions between these three with Liang Wu Di, this study will discuss whether the conflict and dubiousness between central and local had help stabilize the local serenity in Liang Dynasty; and whether this series of actions had an impact on later development in Liang Dynasty. |
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