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Analysis of Political Legitimacy in Feudal China from Weber’s theory

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HuaFei Shi1, *
1Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 2000015914@stu.pku.edu.cn
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HuaFei Shi
Available Online 31 October 2023.
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10.2991/978-2-38476-126-5_215How to use a DOI?
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Political Legitimacy; Feudal China; Weber; Confucianism
Abstract

Traditional legitimacy reveals one of the features of Chinese politics: super politics. This is mainly reflected in Chinese politics as the system of “the same structure of the clan and country”, and this structure led to the domination order in feudal China. This ruling order was also shaped and maintained by Confucianism through the cultivation of traditional morality. According to charisma legitimacy, the emperor had such a mandate, and this came from and led to his successful governance. Legal-rational authority uncovered the feature of political ethics. The most representative point of Chinese political ethics operating in the decision-making process is the feudal hierarchy, manifesting in various etiquette or laws. There were also rational and legal elements in the bureaucracy indirectly. Based on the tradition of feudal China, politics need to symbolize and mark the legitimacy and ensure the legitimacy of the imperial regime.

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Proceedings of the 2023 7th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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31 October 2023
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978-2-38476-126-5
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