论汉魏六朝监察制度视域下的弹劾文生成

Abstract

The article of impeachment is a type of document written and sent from the bottom up for the purpose of “impeaching” specific governmental officials in the ancient times. During the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, this of writing was gradually formed in scale and developed into a well-functioning mechanism. The article of impeachment is closely linked with specific social contexts. A variety of key elements rooted in the political system, ritual requirements and economic demand in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties facilitated the emergence of such a genre of writing, among which the political supervisory system served as the main driver of the emergence of the articles of impeachment in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. The article of impeachment is the textualization of the action of impeachment. The political supervisory system of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties inherited the previous traditions and replenished on its own by regulating the behaviors of officials, especially governmental officials, in politics, economy, rituals, personal cultivation and various other aspects. This supervisory system incubated the articles of impeachment on the institutional level. The supervisory regulations served as the main references in the impeachment process and in writing articles of impeachment ; The supervisory bodies guaranteed the execution of the impeachment power of officials; The writing practices of supervisory officials played a significant role in facilitating the emergence of the article of impeachment ; and the logic of such articles was subject to the function and content of supervision.