The Influence of Political Thoughts on Bureaucracy in Qing and Edo Japan: The Jiaqing Emperor and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
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Jiaqing, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Confucianism, bureaucracy, political reforms.Abstract
In recent years, the historical studies of China and Japan have attracted much attention in the academic world, which has been fruitful in studying the exchange and development of the East Asian pattern. Among them, the comparative study of the two countries has always been a hot topic in the academic world. However, for the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty, which followed the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, the academic research and analysis are insufficient. Drawing on Mark Bloch’s comparative research method, this paper compares and analyzes the influence of Confucian political concepts on the reigns of Tsunayoshi Tokugawa during the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty and the Edo Period of Japan. Through the study, this paper finds that the Confucian political concepts of both did not solve the problem of institutionalization of the bureaucracy in practice but had a positive effect on the stability and structuring of the regimes themselves.
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