Western Han Ik Public Research System

In Pre-Qin period,the regulations for posthumous title is almost made by private.The Western Han dynasty is the beginning of official regulations for posthumous title in China. During the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the confucianist scholars made the first change of the regulations for posthumous title,reformed the connotation of it from nature to moral, build the titletheory system of it.After the western han dynasty set up,according to the Confucian vision,the regulations for posthumous title was reconstruction,and met the second change of it.It reformed the connotation of the regulations for posthumous title from moral to sociopolitical. The regulations for posthumous title of The Western Han period is performed by the authorities,the content and program is fixed,political purpose is explicit,and had been generally recognized by the society.It is the first practice,which from theory to system, of the official regulations for posthumous title in China.It has ideal and developmental characteristics.The official regulations for posthumous title is a link in the Western Han dynasty recessive social law system.It has a great significance to safeguard the feudal hierarchy.It can guide the social fashion and stable social environment,and maintain a centralized rule in both institutional and ideological fields.The structure of the Western Han’s official regulations for posthumous title is complete,and it had been carried out strictly.Its pioneering and integrity model make it become a model of offspring dynasty and neighbors.