Study On The Pregovernment Of The Dowager Of The Western Han Dynasty

The history of political participation of women in ancient times was very numerous and varied.With the successive publication of "Historical Records" and "Hanshu",women gradually settled in the image of men’s partners’ assistants.As far as the royal family is concerned,the basic feature of its participation in politics is the pre-government by the Empress Dowager.In the West Han Dynasty,the most significant feature of the Empress Dowager’s pro-government was continuity.From Lvhou to Yuanhou,almost every emperor in his reign was influenced by the empress dowager.Before they became empress dowager,most of them were queens,efore they became the Empress Dowager,most of them were queens.The ideological connotation of "the queen is little emperor " made them possess natural natural pre-government and pre-government legitimacy.In addition,the Han dynasty ruled the world with filial piety,and The thought of confluence between loyalty and filial piety enabled the Empress Dowager to use the influence of the emperor to achieve pre-government,instead of dynasty.The chief assistant to the pre-administration of the Empress Dowager was the Emperor’s wife’s family people.Between the Empress Dowager and their Emperor’s wife’s family peoples,it is not simply a community of interests,but that Emperor’s wife’s family peoples need to attach themselves to the future to realize their own growth.In the early Western Han Dynasty,Emperor’s wife’s family people was only the extension of Empress Dowager’s power.The strengths and weaknesses of them were in the mastery of Empress Dowager.In the middle Western Han Dynasty,Emperor’s wife’s family peoples began to consciously use the status of Empress Dowager to gain profits.The Empress has begun to weaken on the checks and balances.When he arrived in the late Western Han Dynasty,when he was a Emperor’s wife’s family people of the Ding and Fu,they had dared not to listen to the wishes of the Empress Dowager.At the end of the day when Wang Mang was in charge of political affairs,although the relationship between the Empress Dowager and her Emperor’s wife’s family people remained an ally,at this time,the Empress Dowager had been unable to dominate her Emperor’s wife’s family people and became a part of her bondage.