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Horse Policy And The Frontier Security In The Han Dynasties

Posted on:2015-08-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H B LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330431483500Subject:History of Ancient China
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Horse policy occupies a very important position in ancient China. It’s about militaryfundamental, which plays a very important role in the country’s politics, military, the stabilityof the regime, foreign contact, the frontier security, and which the rulers attach greatimportance, so do the Qin and Han dynasties. About research on horse policy in the Qin andHan dynasties, the academic circle mainly elaborate institution, evolution, policies andmeasures of Horse policy, horse management and horse stables and so on, but the researchon the relationship of Horse policy, cavalry and the frontier security is not in-depth study.Because of this condition, the author arrange, analyses and synthesizes many scholars’elaboration, and finds it necessary to carry on in-depth study on the relationship of Horsepolicy and the frontier security in the Qin and Han dynasties, especially the Han dynasties, inorder to find the problems about this aspect and present some my own viewpoints.This thesis mainly consists of three sections. The first section simply hackles thedevelopment and evolution of Horse policy from the Pre-Qin Period to the Eastern HanDynasty. It divides into four periods: the Pre-Qin Period, the Qin Dynasty, the Western HanDynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Each period has its own characteristics. The secondsection and the third one are the main body of the thesis, which respectively select HanZhao-Xuan period and early stage of the Eastern Han Dynasty as the representative to discuss,in order to clarify the relationship between Horse policy and the frontier security. Theirstructures are roughly the same. First, we explain the reason why selecting the period as thestudy. Secondly, we state the frontier crisis. Thirdly, we discuss the countermeasures onHorse policy by the rulers implement. Last, we introduce the change of Frontier situation.Through the analysis and discussion, pointing out that Horse policy and cavalry areSignificant to the frontier security, whose role can’t be ignored.
Keywords/Search Tags:the Han dynasties’ periods, Horse policy, cavalry, the frontier security
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