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On the Relation Between Supervisors and Cabinet Ministers in the Ming Dynasty

Cai Ming-lun

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The relation between supervisors and cabinet ministers came through the process from harmonious to exasperate in the Ming Dynasty.During the early Ming Dynasty,both supervisors and cabinet ministers had well diathesis and coop- erated well for country.It's coming to the turning point in Jiajing period,The supervisors'restricting function worked well when they antagonized to cabinet ministers.However,supervisors curried with cabinet ministers and became pioneer to contend power after Longqing Dynasty,Along with the death of Zhang Juzheng,supervisors were more powerful than cabinet ministers,and they had kept combating till the perdition of Ming,Therefore,supervisors'restricting function made for its inverse in the late Ming Dynasty,As the outcome of emperor power,the evolvement between supervisors and cabinet ministers reflected not only the depravation politics of Ming but also the inevitability of scholar bureaucrats'tragic destiny under autarchy system.

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The relation between supervisors and cabinet ministers came through the process from harmonious to exasperate in the Ming Dynasty.During the early Ming Dynasty,both supervisors and cabinet ministers had well diathesis and coop- erated well for country.It's coming to the turning point in Jiajing period,The supervisors'restricting function worked well when they antagonized to cabinet ministers.However,supervisors curried with cabinet ministers and became pioneer to contend power after Longqing Dynasty,Along with the death of Zhang Juzheng,supervisors were more powerful than cabinet ministers,and they had kept combating till the perdition of Ming,Therefore,supervisors'restricting function made for its inverse in the late Ming Dynasty,As the outcome of emperor power,the evolvement between supervisors and cabinet ministers reflected not only the depravation politics of Ming but also the inevitability of scholar bureaucrats'tragic destiny under autarchy system.

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The relation between supervisors and cabinet ministers came through the process from harmonious to exasperate in the Ming Dynasty.During the early Ming Dynasty,both supervisors and cabinet ministers had well diathesis and coop- erated well for country.It's coming to the turning point in Jiajing period,The supervisors'restricting function worked well when they antagonized to cabinet ministers.However,supervisors curried with cabinet ministers and became pioneer to contend power after Longqing Dynasty,Along with the death of Zhang Juzheng,supervisors were more powerful than cabinet ministers,and they had kept combating till the perdition of Ming,Therefore,supervisors'restricting function made for its inverse in the late Ming Dynasty,As the outcome of emperor power,the evolvement between supervisors and cabinet ministers reflected not only the depravation politics of Ming but also the inevitability of scholar bureaucrats'tragic destiny under autarchy system.

Key concepts: Cabinet (room), Emperor, Politics, China, Ancient history, Political science, Law, History

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