东汉豪族大姓的来源及发展

THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES

东汉豪族大姓主要由战国以来的封建旧贵族和随着秦汉地主经济的发展而新兴起的豪强大族构成。东汉初,政府一方面打击那些与王权相忤的豪族,一方面又扶植、放任豪族大姓的发展。东汉中期,豪族发展呈上升趋势,各地强宗大姓的社会、经济势力极度膨胀,对东汉社会影响巨大。因此,分析探讨豪族宗族组织更有利于对豪族大姓本质的认识。

The Eastern Han Dynasty aristocratic families were mainly composed of the Warring States old feudal aristocracy and landowners with the economic development of the Qin and Han Dynasties.During the early Eastern Han Dynasty,on the one hand,the Government cracked the aristocratic families which were against the monarch,on the other hand,the Government also propped up the development of aristocratic families.After the mid-Eastern Han Dynasty,the aristocratic families＇ development showed an upward trend,their social and economic forces extremely expanded,and had a great impact on the Eastern Han Dynasty society.So,to understand the nature of aristocratic families,we have to deeply discuss the clan organizations of aristocratic families.