Huizhou Tenant System and Its Changes in Song,Yuan and Ming Dynasties——Focus on the Cheng Clan in Fuxi and the Tenant Liu Family
Huizhou tenant system prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,but its history can be traced back to the Song and Yuan Dynasties.During the Song and Yuan Dynasties,it had the characteristics of"planting fields,living houses and burying mountains",which was inherited from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The personal relationship between master and servant is relatively strong.After entering the Ming Dynasty,conflicts often occur,but the relationship can be maintained and reinforced in time.The economic relationship between master and servant is relatively stable and tends to be strengthened.The tenants have their own economy,but it is difficult to develop independently.Tenants are relatively old,which lasted until the period of the Republic of China.Huizhou tenant system was quite mature in the song and Yuan Dynasties.After entering the Ming Dynasty,it changed on the basis of the overall inheritance of the Song and Yuan Dynasties,and constantly tended to be complete and strengthened.
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