中国传统官本位思想生发的文化生态根源

官本位思想是中国传统政治文化和政治实践的集中体现:农耕社会对权威的服从是官本位思想滋生繁衍的社会生活基础;血缘宗法制度和家国一体的社会结构进一步固化了社会尊卑等级关系;以等级特权为核心的官僚体制为官本位思想提供了体制上的安排和制度上的保障;官僚阶层对社会政治、经济资源的垄断和控制,形成了凭借官职等级控制、支配社会资源的利益驱动和价值导向;科举制度把社会各阶层特别是社会精英阶层的价值取向引导到追求功名利禄上来;中国传统文化对礼治的尊崇为官本位思想的发展提供了理论基石。

The Cultural Root of Chinese Traditional Officialdom Standard Thought

The officialdom standard thought is the manifestation of Chinese tradition political culture and practice.Obedience to authority in agriculture society lays foundation for social life where the officialdom standard thought breeds.The consanguinity and patriarchal clan system and the social structure with family and state as one further solidify the hierarchical relationship.The bureaucracy with hierarchical prerogative as the core provides the officialdom standard with systematic arrangement and safeguard.The bureaucrat stratum monopoly and control the social politics and economic resources,thus forming a benefit actuation and value guidance of official position by which social resources were controlled and dominated.System of imperial examinations guide all the social layers especially the outstanding people to pursue fame and money.Chinese traditional culture,venerating administration by morality,provides the theoretical cornerstone for the development of the officialdom standard thought.