Han Dynasty Village Enlightenment

The village neighborhood cultivation which was the most effective means to rule the people in agricultural society can strengthen controlling the soul of the people in many ways, thus it became a kind of stipulation mechanism that was different form politics and laws. Its end purpose was to guarantee the stability of village neighborhood and the nation to cure long. When the phrase of "cultivation" appeared we have no measures to investigate. There was a words of "what is by education to reform him" in the Han Bamboo of Dingzhou. It seems like the earliest we can see now. The West Han Dynasty was a representative period in Chinese ancient times which paid attention to the village neighborhood cultivation. It was also a period which laid the basis for the future. It's meticulous and rigorous cultural thought, fruitful cultural means, abundant and colorful cultural contents, all became the model of the future dynasty.Qin Dynasty's perish and Han Dynasty' s rising, having let a hundred schools of thought contend. A lot of thinkers put forward the thought of promoting cultivation, but because of the inertial of history developing. To want to change the ex- dynasty old system was not an easy matter, too. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, thinkers had to look for the theories basis to promoting cultivation. Because of having been relied on the penal code, Qin Dynasty perished after two generations, which left endless thinking to posterity. The rising of the people-oriented idea and the considering to the human nature more thoroughly all became the theories foundation of cultivation' s rising. Adding to relied on the former wise person and saint kings, the village neighborhood cultivation of the West Han Dynasty had a solid theory foundation.The cultivation of the village neighborhood was far from the patent of the government. Private learn and country customs etc. were all the key links of the village neighborhood cultivation. But because of the benefit, the government was the leading role on promoting the cultivation. The selection of the teaching personnel, the mold of the typical model, the rising of the authority schools and the programming of the predomination teaching thought all managed or approved of by the government. Even the emperors had to practice cultivation by themselves to promote the cultivation' s carrying on smoothly. The authorities or the folks all took passing on the technical know-how and fostering the moral character as the basic contents to practice the cultivation. They were all very important to mould the intelligence and foster the morality.The extremely powerful political quality was a very important characteristic of the village neighborhood cultivation. It was also the similarity of the village neighborhood cultivation in any times. The cultivation' s degree of the West Han Dynasty synchronized with the...