Musician and Historian: A Collection of Essays on Traditional Political Culture and Political Systems

Author: Yan Buke
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: The author employs the concepts of "rank classification" and "position classification" to divide the evolution of the bureaucratic hierarchy in the Chinese Empire into stages from a macro, new perspective. The book focuses on examining the characteristics of the rank system in the Han Dynasty, as well as the changes in official ranks, military titles, and the system of non-official positions from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the early Tang Dynasty. This book collects 15 recent essays by the author on the new research of traditional political culture and political institutions. The author proposes new insights on the origins of Confucians, arguing that "Confucianism" has cultural roots in ancient music masters, and that music masters and historians form two cultural subsystems, revealing a significant thread in the early evolution of Chinese culture. The author also discusses important political and cultural phenomena from the late Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The author employs the concepts of "rank classification" and "position classification" to divide the evolution of the bureaucratic hierarchy in the Chinese Empire into stages from a macro, new perspective. The book focuses on examining the characteristics of the rank system in the Han Dynasty, as well as the changes in official ranks, military titles, and the system of non-official positions from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the early Tang Dynasty.