The Study Of The Official Censor At Court Of ZhenGuan Period

As an important content of feudalism, the system of the official censor at court was founded at Zhou Dynasty, and developed by more than two thousand years. To the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it came to be mature. Particularly, in the ZhenDuan Period of Tang Dynasty, the king and his ministers completely pushed it into practice and formed the most prosperous situation of the feudal history, and urged the Chinese feudal government to the climax. This text is exactly studying it from three aspects below: Part one, the analysis why the system of the official censor at court came to be mature in the ZhenGuan Period. Firstly, studying from the foundation of the theory, the Confucian monarchy was getting comprehended and carried out in the ZhenGuan Period; Secondly, studying from the feudal regime, the system of the official censor at court was an its indivisible part, and the political fulfillment of ZhenGuan period objectively needed its action; thirdly, studying from the social situation of the crossing period between Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, the system matched the historical trend and the need of TangTaiZong and his ministers; Finally, the personal function of TangTaiZong was vital, too. Part two, the designing of the system of the official censor at court of ZhenGuan Period. This part is primarily discussing it from four aspects below: Firstly, the establishing of its post; secondly, the choosing of the official censor at court; thirdly, the way of its governing; Finally, the language art of criticizing; Part three, appraise of the system of the official censor at court of ZhenGuan Period. The system of the official censor at court of ZhenGuan Period and the criticizing-begging idea of TangTaiZong are precious wealth of ancient political and legal history of our country, and now we can still draw some lessons from them. But the system of the official censor at court of ZhenGuan Period impossibly changed the nature of absolute monarchy, and it was a different concept to democracy today entirely.