On The Qualifications Of The Official Title Conferred Posthumously And The Way Of Its Conferred In The Northern Wei Dynasty

The official title conferred posthumously is one of the most important awarding system in ancient China. The official title conferred posthumously means the ranks conferred by the government after the officials died. During the North Wei Dynasty, there is a restrict of qualification to the people who obtained the official title conferred posthumously. Except the ordinary restrict, officials who obtained the official title conferred posthumously may restricted by differentAnd there also has a completed process when applying official title conferred posthumously. The official title conferred posthumously not only is an imperial government to the officials of kind bestow behavior, and became the ruler stabilize social situation of the measure. This article is the North Wei of The official title conferred posthumously system Conduct in-depth research on the qualifications of the official tile conferred posthumously and the official title conferred posthumously award procedures of these two areas. Fully utilized the basis of handed down literature and the excavations literature, this particular group to conduct a comprehensive systematic inspection, Expect to understand the official tile conferred posthumously of the eligibility restrictions and The official title conferred posthumously award procedures of content. And by the official tile conferred posthumously of the eligibility and Award procedures analysis, Further tried study the official tile conferred posthumously of the eligibility and The social significance of award procedures.In the first part, state a clear definition of the official tile conferred posthumously. And investigate the origin of the official tile conferred posthumously preliminarily through the example of the Han Dynasty. By analyzing, we can show the qualifications of the official tile conferred posthumously and the way of its conferred. In the Western Han Danasty, there has been used the badge which match up to the official status as the honor confer the officials. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a new conferred way arisen and last now. Besides, we know from historical data , there must appeared the phenomenon which special government official responsible for the affairs of the conferred. And this practice was inherited from the Northern Wei Dynasty.In the second part, from the grade limit, Official different grade gifts and impact of the eligibility limit for the special gifts officer three factors, the winner of the Northern Wei Dynasty gifts official described the eligibility. According to historical data, Northern Wei Dynasty gifts for the office of the general restrictions in grade six, ie, it is ultimately for the six officials as gifts for the office of the bottom line. Official ultimate gifts for different grade of official winner, is eligible to the differences. Before restructuring, such as differences in performance, and ultimately for higher official gifts given by the official winner of higher official rank, otherwise lower; After the restructuring, in addition to eventually receive a higher official for the Registry of higher end goods less government, lower official receive this feature, the level of official gifts winners qualified for the distinction is more a reflection of access to the gifts The number of government officials. In addition, there are a lot of special gifts for the official winner. In the Northern Wei period, the illustrious clan, or died Yushi, and a noble virtues will become extraordinary gifts were eligible to the office of elements.In the third part, discussed the way of the conferred of the official title conferred posthumously in the Northern Wei Danasty. Ordinarily, it is practiced by awarding the rescript which inclu ding the basic content of the official title conferred posthumously from the official imperial edict. In addition, for the number of higher status or gifts rulers official winners, there are have the special officials to responsed the event and announcement of the conferred .