On the Measures and Strategies of Rural Governance in the Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty created many new measures in rural governance,especially by utilizing the folk custom of"praying day"worship and the tradition of mutual assistance,making village communities an important organiza-tional form of rural governance,which not only played a positive role in stabilizing the ruling order and restoring ag-ricultural production,but also demonstrated the political wisdom of governing according to customs.This article mainly elaborates on this issue from three aspects:the overall measures of rural governance in the Yuan Dynasty,the governance strategies contained in the establishment of and the governance efficiency of the village community system in the Yuan Dynasty.
the Yuan Dynastyrural governancevillage community system