“东汉功臣多近儒”辨析

Analysis on "Eastern Han Dynasty's Officials of Merit Are Mostly Confucians"

本文根据对东汉开国功臣的多角度、多层次的分析,通过史实以及统计数据的量化,并分别对东汉功臣近儒和东汉功臣出身于商人地主的史实进行补阙,最终同意赵翼在《廿二史剳记》中提出的“东汉功臣多近儒”的观点。

Based on multi-angle and multi-level analysis of founders of Eastern Han Dynasty, this paper uses historical evidences and statistics to supplement the facts that officials of merit are mostly Confucians or businessmen. In the end, the paper draws a similar conclusion with Zhao Yi： most officials of merit of Eastern Han Dynasty are Confucians.