仲長統의 정치사상 연구

Abstract

The latter period of East Han Dynasty can be said to have been one of the most politically and socially turbulent periods. In the latter period of East Han, since the political circles had no power available to take care of the livelihoods of the public because eunuchs and the maternal relatives of the King gained power, the lives of ordinary people reached quite horrible states and numerous natural disasters occurred in succession so that the lives of people were extremely impoverished. Consequently, full-scale popular uprisings became to occur and the struggles for power between the capital and local forces mobilized to suppress the popular uprisings accelerated the collapse of the East Han. The the power struggles among powerful politicians as such can be said to have been tearing down the East Han society from the root. The political and social situations as such can be regarded to have greatly affected the thought of Zhong zhangtong. Zhong zhangtong had a serious critical mind about the harmful consequences in East Han society at that time and actively presented solutions. In particular, he pointed out diverse harmful consequences of realpolitik and presented diverse related solutions. The reform plans presented by Zhong zhangtong included both matters that must be reformed and matters that must be innovated and he developed fundamental and concrete arguments for such reforms. The concrete blueprints for the reforms presented by Zhong zhangtong as such included the clearance of the harmful consequences of maternal relatives and eunuchs first, the introduction of the prime minister system, the abolition of the feudal system, and the appointment of competent persons. As such, for Zhong zhangtong, discussion on real political issues can be said to be quite valuable work that enables the investigation of his social and political views. In other words, Zhong zhangtong, who were living in a time when political and social turbulences reached extremes, tried to declare his own political aspirations through reform measures for real political issues.