“则天稽古”与汉新禅代

Ze Tian Ji Gu and Han Xin Alternation

"则天稽古"是王莽受命改制的核心思想。在此思想的指导下,王莽一方面以天道为法则,另一方面细致考察古代事迹,并积极进行复古改制的实践。在中国文化里,"则天"与"稽古"在一定程度上相通,且都将古代经典奉为圭臬。王莽的复古措施是要将汉新禅代纳入历史语境之中,从而为新朝政权合法性之建构增加砝码。

Ze Tian Ji Gu was the century idea of Wang Mang＇ s institution revolution according to the command.Under the direction of the thought, on the one hand, Wang Mang treated the nature＇s rules as principles.On the other hand,he inspected the ancient achievement carefully and put the revolution and restoration into practice positively.Ze Tian and Ji Gu are equal on some extent and both of them take the ancient classics as standard.Wang Mang took measures to put Han Xin abdication into historical act, then increased weights for the legitimacy of regime construction in Xin Dynasty.