History of Ancient Chinese Supervision System

Author: Qiu Yongming
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is one of the "Special History Series." The ancient Chinese supervisory system emerged with the rise of feudalism, was born alongside the establishment of centralized feudal autocracy, and evolved and became increasingly complete as feudal monarchy strengthened gradually. Its level of completeness and rigor was unmatched by other feudal states in the world. Based on official histories such as the Twenty-Five Histories and other historical documents, the author divides the history of ancient Chinese supervision into six stages according to the internal trends and patterns of its emergence, development, perfection, and decline. In each stage, the evolution of the supervisory system in different dynasties, the organization and division of supervisory institutions, the scope of power of supervisory officials, supervisory regulations, supervisory methods and procedures, the selection, assessment, rewards, and punishments of supervisory officials, as well as the effectiveness and pros and cons of the supervisory system are systematically elaborated under subheadings.