On the Evolution and Essence of the Promotion System of the Imperial Censors in Ming and Qing Dynasties——The Embodiment of"Qing Geng Ming Zhi"in Rectifying the Expostulation Access
For the evolution of political system in Ming and Qing Dynasties,previous studies mostly emphasized the inherited relationship between the two dynasties("清承明制").However,although Qing Dynasty superficially inherited the political system of Ming Dynasty,there was also an undercurrent of transformation("清更明制").The changing of promotion system of imperial censors in Qing dynasty has gave us a good example on this issue.For the purpose of rectifying the arrogant expostulation access(yanlu;言路)in Ming Dynasty,Qing emperors limited the speed and prospect of imperial censors'promotion.Therefore,imperial censors of Qing Dynasty lost the impetus and capacity to argue with emperors and high-ranking officials.This rectification measure seriously damaged the traditional supervisory power,and made monarchical power get rid of the restriction from supervisory institutions,which was an important symbol of the unprecedented strengthening of autocratic monarchy in Qing Dynasty.
"Ming Geng Qing Zhi"Imperial CensorsPromotion SystemRectifying the Expostulation Access
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