| In the book of Rites,there is an article called "Wang Zhi",which records the system intensively.It mainly includes the following aspects: knighthood,feudalism,chaopin,hunting visit,sacrifice,hunting,funeral,official,school,pension,etc.This paper discusses the systematic contents of the four aspects of feudalism,knighthood,official and school.Based on the interpretation of Zheng Xuan,combined with the research of ancient and modern scholars,it combs and analyzes the key issues involved.By studying the size of the territory and the area of the vassal state,the number of the officials,the structure of the officials,the position and quantity of the schools,we think that Wang Zhi records the system from the middle and late of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period roughly.The author of Wang Zhi wants to maintain the authority of the emperor of Zhou,so collecting the system of Zhou has formed to the system before the destruction to form this article and show the system of the emperor.In addition,we also classifies and dialectics the disputes on the understanding of the characters in Wang Zhi,in order to correctly explain the system recorded in Wang Zhi. |
