Research on the Tang Dynasty's Supervisory System: Studies in Chinese Social History and Culture

Author: Hu Baohua
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Publish Date: 2005-11-22
Features: In the history of China's institutional system, the Tang Dynasty's supervisory system has had a profound and lasting influence due to its unique and mature legal philosophy and operational principles. On the premise of reviewing the historical process by which the Censorate system, since the Qin and Han dynasties, eventually evolved into an independent supervisory institution, this book conducts a dynamic examination of five aspects: the changes in the Tang Dynasty's impeachment procedures, the supervisory functions and characteristics of the Left and Right Censorate Courts during Wu Zetian's reign, the evolution of the local supervisory system and its content in the Tang Dynasty, the political reasons behind the two contrasting images of censors reflected by the bureaucratic system and objective realities, and the role of the remonstrance system in the position of the monarchy under autocracy, as well as its active contributions to criticism and limitation, as well as reform and weakening of autocracy. Through this, the book provides a more specific exploration of the historical evolution of the Tang Dynasty's supervisory system and its related political background. At the same time, the author also intends to use this topic to examine the humanistic characteristics of the Tang Dynasty scholars who once served in the Censorate and the remonstrance institutions.