A Case Study on Squires and Rural Social Governance of Jiangxi in Qing Dynasty

The court in the Ming Dynasty carried out the control strategy of village conventions and Baojia system in the rural society.The historical records showed that Jiangxi local officials in the Qing dynasty were committed to the strategy of the court for the rural social governance,and promoted village conventions,Baojia system and clan elder system in rural areas.Jiangxi squires in the Qing dynasty coordinated positively with the local officials to establish the clan elder system in rural areas and actively made the core thought in The Sixteen Maxims of the Emperor Kang He and The Sacred Edict of the Emperor Yong Zheng embodied to family instructions and clan rules as to restrain,guide and shape the clanmen.