Study On The Hereditary Style And Family Studies Of Hedong Pei Clan In The Period Of Middle Ages

Hedong Pei Clan was a famous group of gentry in the Middle Ages.Sorting out information systematically and analyzing the development of the hereditary style and family studies of the Hedong Pei Clan is helpful to understand the cultural life and explore the cultural roots of the clan for a thousand year.Although some scholars analysis the cultural life of Hedong Pei Clan,they are limited to the hereditary style and family study of a major epoch of Chinese History,and have not came to a comprehensive and systematic conclusion.They have not analyzed the influencing factors and historical significance thoroughly as well.For that reason,the study on the hereditary style and family studies of Hedong Pei Clan adopts the method of analyzing historical data with official history as the main part and steles as the auxiliary part.At the same time,visiting Pei Bai village is good for analyzing forming factors and influence on the clan of hereditary style and family studies:First of all,hereditary style contains rich content.While serving as an official,they would be fair-minded and loyal to the motherland.During the war,the soldiers did their best to defend the frontier and achieve many outstanding achievements.When the society is stable,the clan plays a positive role in politics which adheres to the principles incorruptible,cordially and understandingly,which is praised by many people.The clansmen must be filial to parents and pay attention to funeral in their families.They do favors for friends and relatives at all points.Etiquette is the core of the educating which guide the younger generation to step in to the future.Secondly,family studies have achieved a lot.During the Wei and Jin Dynasties,The clansmen did desultory reading in the study of classics and history.As a result,they owned political literacy and cultural attainments that were highly valued.In Sui and Tang dynasties,they gradually adapted to the imperial examination system and attached importance to literature.Thirdly,many factors have influenced the formation of Hedong Pei Clan’s hereditary style.Geologically,there has been the part of the national center,which is of great strategic significance.The environment of the poor land and dense population has created Pei’s style of clean and thrifty.Politically,Pei Clan started their career with military in the Han Dynasty and had a "martial" style.During the Wei and Jin Dynasties,Pei Clan moved to the area of "Hedong".The clan’s style gradually turned to literature.Influenced by Confucian etiquette,the clan was accomplished with both the pen and the sword,while the clansmen focused on classics and history.During the Sui and Tang dynasties,the society tended to be stable,and Hedong Pei Clan gradually tended to be literalized.Finally,hereditary style and family studies show a trend of "modernization".The family style has two characteristics:changing from time to time and from situation to situation,that is,with the changes of the times and the situation,the contents of hereditary style and family studies will also change.Specifically,during the Wei and Jin dynasties,Pei’s formed family-country ties with "loyalty" as a central part and family-internal ties with "filial piety and fraternal duty" as the core for strengthening the cohesion.Since Sui and Tang Dynasties,the clan was farther from their original place to live and went to the capital or other places to serve as an official.The internal cohesion was not very close,but clansmen all maintained a sense of identity with their ancestors.