Study On The Local Administration Organizations Recorded In ZhouLi

Local administration organization established gradually in the historical period of Zhou Dynasty, forming the embryonic form of local administration organization . The development and evolve of local administration organization in Zhou has three important period . The first one is in the early of the Western Zhou Dynasty , in which the regional organization in rural has came into being , only existing as a supplementary organization of local administration work . In fact , clan organization formed because of blood took the responsibilities of local administration . The second is after the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was a period that the organization formed of blood and regional organization existed side by side. Gradually, the malpractice of the well-field system exposed. It was required that administration function of regional organization strengthens little by little in order to meet the development of history. Finally, the rights above clan organization appeared. But it also played the important role in local administration function. The third is in the period of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States . It is a historical time that local administration organization system established gradually. During this period, the well-field system fell apart little by little. Moreover, clan organization handed over the rights of administration management after the reform in duke countries, while local administration organization established gradually that based on regional organization.Based on the guiding principle of dividing into capital and measuring land, the book of Zhouli establishes a systematic local administration organization system by managing states separately. In addition, compared with the book of Zhouli and other historical documents, inscriptions on bones or tortoise shell of the Shang Dynasty and the inscriptions on ancient bronze objects and bamboo slips and so on. We find that it is not empty words, but real proof. The author linked up the structure of local administration in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States. Some thinking and resources about administration even can be dated back far . Local administration organization at all levels almost can find its original state in the book of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In here, taking the local administration organization as research object, this paper observes local administration organization at all levels in the period of the Zhou Dynasty. What's more, it takes systematic investigation about it. It base on the book of Zhouli , but not be limited .The whole article is divided into three parts.Part One is introduction. The research achievement about the problem will be reviewed and summarized. Besides, some related problems will also be set forth. Such as the reason for writing, the research space, object and the thinking. Part Two is from chapter one to chapter three. It will make a tempt to establish the sequence of ideas about the development of local administration system through investigating and researching the rural area of local administration organization and Qiu and Yi in the capital , sorting out the embryonic ,the development and reform in local administration at all levels .Part Three is from chapter four to chapter six. It will make an on-the-spot investigation on the function of local administration organization.At last, the conclusion will summarize the content and set forth the verdict.