Zhengbo Ke Duan Yu Yan from the Perspective of Noble Co-governance:An investigation Cantered on the Qinghua Bamboo Slips The Lady Zheng Wu Gui Ru Zi
The incident of Zheng Bo ke Duan Yu Yan at the beginning of Zuo Zhuan is related to the political tradition of aris-tocracy and co-governance in the pre-Qin period and the realistic environment of Zheng State.The article of The lady Zheng Wu gui ru ziin Tsinghua Bamboo Slips(VI)not only reflects the situation of the court of Zheng State and the influence of maternal pow-er at the beginning of Zheng Zhuanggong's succession,but also reveals the reasons why Zheng Zhuanggong tried to challenge the political system of aristocratic co-governance and strengthen the political intention of monarchical power as well as the reason for"Ke Duan".As a representative of matriarchy,Wu Jiang,the mother of Zheng Zhuanggong,also participated in the struggle for monarchy in the early years of the Zheng State.The matriarchy here should be a manifestation of the petty clan power alienation try-ing to challenge the monarch.
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