Discourse Upon Princes In The Spring And Autumn Period

The Spring and Autumn Period is a big transformation time, a turbulence time, and an everything all was occurring the worry play change time. Each kind of characters all was very active in the Spring and Autumn Period. The princes of the feudal vassals were also very active in this period. This article is inclined to make a complete study of the princes of the feudal vassals.This article's introduction part introduces general research situation of this question, explains the achievement and insufficiency of the work that the predecessors. Then the introduction part studies what the princes of the feudal vassals are. We only just study the princes of the feudal vassals except the prince royal in this article.There are three chapters in this article.The first chapter is mainly about the status and position of the princes of the feudal vassals. The first part studies the patriarchal clan of the princes. We study the princes'position in the family with the feudal vassals as parents, the surnames of the princes, the relationship between the feudal vassals and the princes, and the"Zong Fa"of the princes. The second part studies the politics and economic status of the princes. The third part studies the cultural status from the education what the princes accepted and the princes' performance in social occasion. The cultural education of the princes was very high. At last, we know that the princes of the feudal vassals were very important in the Spring and Autumn Period.The second chapter is mainly about the princes and the throne inheritance. First, we should know that the prince royal will inherit the position of the feudal vassals according to system made by Zhou Gong. In this kind of situation, the princes have the right to inherit the position of the feudal vassals just because that he is the son of the feudal vassals, but the chance is very limited. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the throne inheritance obeyed the rule at majority time. But we can find many examples that violated the rules in the Spring and Autumn Period. Some princes can inherit the monarch just because his father liked him more than his brothers. Some princes can get the position relied on the support of foreign countries. Some princes inherited the monarch with the support of the ministers. Some princes inherited the monarch because of the god's decree. Some princes even got the position by regicide. The feudal vassal who was killed always was the father or brother of the prince, but the sinful prince still can have the country and leave it to his own sons. I think that this phenomenon is the result of the times as background. The mainly driving force of this phenomenon is political.The third chapter is mainly about the changes of the princes in the Spring and Autumn Period. I selected the material of the princes from《Zuo Zhuan》and made a TAB with the material named《The Princes in the Spring and Autumn Period》. Close analysis shows that the influence of the princes in the Spring and Autumn Period weakened from the middle of this period. This phenomenon just because that the ministers'power in some countries was increasing all the time and over the feudal vassals'at last. And the feudal vassals'power was very strong all the time. As a result, the power of the princes was weakened and it's influence weakened too.In short, the princes developed with the Spring and Autumn Period. The vicissitudes of the princes was made by the period.