Sex And The Society Of Qin And Han Dynasty

The sex is an important aspect in human life, which not only has the very tremendous influence on development of the society and the national promotion, but also interrelates vitally with individual happiness and family harmony. But as a result of the imprisonment on the mentality of sex, there are very few people researching in this domain. With the rise of the sociology research in recent years, the research of social history has more and more been an important sphere of learning. Under this background, The dissertation examining the society of Qin and Han Dynasty by the view of sex problem, by which we could have a more comprehensive understanding on the society in Qin and Han Dynasty.This research is based on the historical records and some unearthed relics. This dissertation sticks to the history idea of materialism, adopting the method of duplicate historic proofs, in the meanwhile, combining history and social sciences and sexual theories, which will be beneficial to the research. This dissertation is divided into three major parts: the introduction, the main text and the conclusion.The introduction part interprets the importance, value, purpose and the method of the topic, and reviews the achievements of the academic research.The main text is divided into five chapters.The first chapter is the sex and the social marriage and family in Qin and Han Dynasty. Firstly, the author discusses the influences of the sex on form and stability of the social marriage and family. Secondly the author argues about the relationship between the components of the marriageable age structure and the adolescent sexual maturity. Thirdly, the author demonstrates the important role of sex factor in the family dissension and dissolution of marriage.The second chapter is the sex and the politics in the society of Qin and Han Dynasty. Firstly, the author analyzes the action made by the factor of sex during the confliction in the court. Secondly, the author discusses the vicissitudes of the maternal relatives as one of the political power which is decided by the factor of sex. Thirdly, the author argues the necessity of the interference in politics by the eunuch from the view of the physiology and the psychology. Fourthly, the author interprets the regulation of the sexual fault by the law made by the government in Qin and Han Dynasty and the influences of these measures. The third chapter is the sex and the economy in the society of Qin and Han Dynasty. On the one hand, the author discusses the necessity of the propagation of population policy made by the government during the early Xi Han Dynasty and Dong Han Dynasty by the view of the relationship between the population and the development of the social economics, by which the author analyzes the adverse influence of population overgrowth in mid and late Han Dynasty. On the other hand, the author researches on the situation of the imperial harem's expenses in Qin and Han Dynasty, by which the author concludes that the expenses of the imperial harem were the great financial burden of the government and produced seriously influence on the development of common people's living standard and the social economics.The forth chapter is the sex and the social custom and culture in Qin and Han Dynasty. The author suggested that the idea of chastity which formed from Pre-Qin Dynasty had been steadily strengthened, which laid the foundations of the idea of chastity later. The author analyzes the reason why though promoted by the Confucian School and accepted by the high ruler to a certain extent, the idea of Chastity had not been systematized and obeyed by all the people.The fifth chapter is sex and the health protection of sexual intercourse in Qin and Han Dynasty. The author discusses that the ideology of the health protection of sexual intercourse be created by the Taoist school, and the method be brought out by Celestials, which was about marriage, sex, offspring, prepotency, antenatal training, health,longevity and so on. The author expresses the population condition and the reasons of the health protection of sexual intercourse.The conclusion makes a summary to this dissertation. The author concludes the main viewpoint, and lays stress on deep influences of the sex on the aspects and other field in Qin and Han Dynasty...