Tang Dynasty Secrecy And Disclosure Issues

The security system with a long history is an important system in China. As China’s imperial heyday, the secrecy system in Tang Dynasty is pretty complete, which involved many aspects such as political security, military security, economic security, judicial security and cultural security. Therefore, the study on security system of Tang Dynasty is helpful to deepen the understanding of the society of the Tang Dynasty.The Tang rulers attached great importance to the protection of state secrets from the central down to the local. It had the confidentiality provisions in politics, culture and other aspects in order to prevent leaking state secrets. Officials of the Tang Dynasty’s security awareness is very strong. From a historical point of view, the security system in the Tang Dynasty has been more complete and mature. The political security system involving many aspects was very strict. The national political dynamics such as the major state, court officials memorials and the court decree were also strict. The country’s major decisions were often limited within a certain range. The related initiatives in personnel appointment and removal of confidentiality stabilized the political situation in a certain extent. The provisions of confidential departments employing internal and external prevention ensured the court decisions’unobstructed. The implementation of the imperial examination confidentiality initiatives ensured fairness and equitability of personnel selection, expanded the rule base and optimized the bureaucracy. In terms of military secrecy, the confidentiality of military intelligence guaranteed the confidentiality of information of military deployment, the military situation on the battlefield, the supply of military logistics, military decision-making and military action. The confidential military equipment kept the Tang troops and weapons advanced. Military confidentiality of communications ensured the smooth of communication and military command and the safety of military mobilization and action plans. The implementation of anti-spyware measures limited the enemy espionage and sabotage activities and maintained social stability. In addition, the document security system ensured the safety of the imperial decree, and the confidentiality of the system to some extent, controlled the occurrence of the trial unfair and dishonest phenomena. Economic and cultural security system contributed to maintain the Tang Dynasty domestic stability and was helpful to the consolidation of Tang Dynasty. Security system of Tang Dynasty has both the characteristics of the times, but also plays a connecting role in the ancient secrecy, especially it has a big impact on the secrecy of the Song Dynasty.The security system is a systematic problem involving many fields. Based on the systematic analysis of previous works and the collection of literature and case analysis, the thesis expounded the implementation of the secrecy of the Tang Dynasty from the aspects of politics, military and other major perspectives. Combined with some aspects related to the secrecy of the Tang Dynasty, it tries to show the panorama of the system. The study of Tang Dynasty confidentiality system and the combination of the development of the ancient secret system helps to find out the characteristics of the security system of the Tang Dynasty. What’s more, the implementation of the security system and leakage problems involved also have certain reference for the current implementation of the security system in China.