Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: The Origin and Development of the Ming Tang System

Author: Zhang Yibing
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: The Mingtang system is one of the most important systems in ancient Chinese society. The author focuses on China's "Mingtang system," drawing on research findings from academia and integrating his own years of research. By thoroughly mastering handwritten documentary materials, he combines historical records with new archaeological findings to examine, organize, and analyze the entire process of the Mingtang system's emergence, development, flourishing, and decline across six major stages: pre-Mingtang forms, the Mingtang system during the Zhou Dynasty, the Mingtang system during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Mingtang system during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Mingtang system during the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties periods, and the Mingtang system during the Song and Ming Dynasties. Especially focusing on the two main threads in the history of the Mingtang system—the implementation of Mingtang rituals and the changes in Mingtang forms—he traces its evolution. This not only addresses key questions such as the origin of the Mingtang system, the division of its historical stages, and the characteristics of each stage but also proposes important new concepts such as "pre-rитуal form," "pre-Mingtang form," and "quasi-Mingtang form." Thus, it outlines and clarifies the developmental trajectory of the ancient Chinese Mingtang system.