The Ladder To Success

Song Dynasty was innovative and creative in history. The first emperor of Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin understood the importance of the kingcraft well, i.e., centralization of authority and suppression of local power, after the chaos of local authorities'independence from the central authority. He formulated the administrative system which belittled armed forces. All the successive emperors after Song Taizu obeyed the rules rigidly and set up surveillant network with the aid of the institutions of all the vassals. In doing so, it helps keep the smooth communication channel between local and central governments to control fiscalit and stratocracy of the local. In addition, monetary system of Song Dynasty facilitated development and booming of the economy. For example,"the tenancy system"widened land trade. With the changes of social structures and a variety of business activities, the massive disputes were caused. Compared with previous dynasties, Song Dynasty focused more attention to virtual codification and irade promulgation, the number of promulgated code and irade was so unprecedented.To some degree, the laws regulated usual patterns of behavior effectively and provided the basis for putting down the disputes. However, it is important for the top supervisory personnel to develop the professional quality of mastering the laws and judging the case sagaciously, forestalling the difficult cases hoarding. Because of the legal hysteresis quality, there were no effective ways to deal with disputes caused by changeable social life.The judicial intendant became the lawman having the right to make judge from the original censor. Such change conforms to the appeal of valuing courtesy and being familiar with the rules followed by intellectual class of Song Dynasty. The transformation also satisfies the vocational skills of mastering the laws and judging the case sagaciously,Based on the reason, evolution and development of the judicial intendant and some other social factors, this thesis examines how judicial intendants are fostered and the ways of special selection and promotion. It demonstrates a full picture of dynamic judicial operation model on the particular historical situation.