The Study on Cultural Tradition and Realistic Conditions of Shusun Tong's Construction of Ritual and Music Civilization System
The Construction of Rites and Music System presided by Shusun Tong is an important milestone in the history of Han dynasty and Chinese civilization.This paper tries to discuss the reasons of this construction in two aspects:the cultural tradition and realistic conditions of early Western Han dynasty.The cultural traditions involved the foundation of constructing rites and music system laid by the Early Emperor,the efforts of exploring the ways to combine Confucianism with political power and to resume the Confucian ideal by Confucian scholars,and to make the cultural classics survival by the cultural groups,all these had formed an excellent cultural traditions,which had prompted him to take up the task of the construction of ritual music system bravely.In the meantime,the realistic conditions he faced was complicated,such as the lack of classic texts,the efforts taken by the confuciants,the strong need to recuperate and build up strength in the early year,the conflicts of heterogeneous cultures in different regions,the prejudice towards Confucianism and preference for Chu customs by the Emperor Gaozu and ruling group,etc.Shusun Tong had overcome all these disadvantages with flexible strategies,and knew the important affairs at the moment.Thus,he had not only basically constructed and renewed the system of ritual and music civilization in the early Han dynasty,but also successfully constructed the system of Chinese ritual and music civilization.For this reason,he had made this act a milestone in the history of Chinese civilization.
Chinese ritual and music civilizationShusun Tongthe construction of ritual and music systemcultural tradition
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