A Study On The Long Xiang General In The Jin Dynasty And The Northern And Southern Dynasty

From the Western and Eastern Jin Dynasties to the Northern and Southern Dynasties,the military general as one kind of honorary title is awarded to civil officer, and out of its original function, established an independent system. As one kind of the informal generals, general Long Xiang was awarded to Wang Jun for warfare by Emperor Wu in Jin Dynasty, and it was contact with military warfare. Through Liu Song Dynasty and Northern Wei Dynasty, general Long Xiang became one kind of nominal title,and didn’t contact with the warfare, there were more and more civil officials were awarded general Long Xiang. In the Jin Dynasty and Liu Song Dynasty, general Long Xiang always be awarded with feudal provincial and prefecture chief, but till the Southern Qi Dynasty, the feudal provincial became county leader. And more and more Long Xiang were conferred to vassal states. In the Jin Dynasty and the Liu Song Dynasty, promotion and posthumously general Long Xiang were not universal, but it had a great number in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Long Xiang didn’t limited of civil or military, or any specific reason. General Long Xiang had been an pure honorary title.At first, general Long Xiang was a three rank general with genera Guan Jun an general Fu Guo, but Long Xiang didn’t have the right to become the senior general.During it gradually became the honorary title, its official rank keeping down. In the Southern Qi Dynasty, general Ning Suo and Ning Yuan ’s official rank were in front of Long Xiang. In the Xiao Liang Dynasty, general Long Xiang once was canceled,when it appear again, its official rank drop into the twelfth rank. In the southern Chen,general Long Xiang was seventh official rank. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, general Long Xiang was the vice-third official rank, the northern Qi Dynasty kept its rank,but the Northern Zhou Dynasty canceled the Long Xiang title.From be contacted with warfare to become a pure honorary title, general Long Xiang’s position was keeping falling,. The people’s identity who was awarded this title became complicated, so was its function. and general Long Xiang transit to thehonorary title. As one kind of general in the Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasty, general Long Xiang ’s change reflect the course that military general became the pure honorary title.