Revere Heaven and Serve Thy People:Ploughing Ceremony and Construction of the Qing Dynasty’s Governance Philosophy in the 18th Century  

作　　者：Wang Hongbing Zhang Songmei 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Chinese Social History,Ocean University of China,Qingdao 266100,China [2]Department of Economics,Party School of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee,Qingdao 266071,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of History in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2023年第1期110-133,共24页中国高等学校学术文摘·历史学（英文版）

基　　金：This paper is a phased result of the general project of the National Social Science Foundation of China,"Research on the Association of Green Shoots of Grains and the Social Changes in Modern North China"(BZS049).

摘　　要：In the Qing Dynasty,agriculture as the state’s foundation was gaining increasing attention.In the 18th century,the rulers put forward the governance philosophy of“Revering Heaven and Serving Thy People”to meet the need of state governance.Therefore,the Ploughing Ceremony with distinct characteristics of the time was reconstructed to encourage farming and reinforce governance.Rulers of the Qing Dynasty paid special attention to the Ploughing Ceremony and made effort to turn it into a political ceremony with all the people participating so as to establish the image of the saintly emperor and provide values and norms for better operation of the empire.At the same time,in order to solve livelihood problems,rulers of the Qing Dynasty had a craving to the pro-ploughing ritual.Therefore,diligence had become the common ideal and belief during this period,and this provides certain impetus for social and economic development.The Ploughing Ceremony of the Qing Dynasty as an important part of the development of traditional Chinese etiquette culture,helped to shape the national spirit of hard work,and left a deep imprint on the development and continuation of the Chinese civilization.

关 键 词：ploughing Ceremony Revere Heaven and Serve Thy People political ceremony state governance labor education 

分 类 号：K249[历史地理—历史学]