後漢末の世相と巴蜀の動向

Abstract

The Ch'in-Han period was a period of unification, while the period of the Wei-Chin and Northern-Southern dynasties was that of disruption, and the turning point from the former to the latter will be found in the second and third centuries, A.D. In Pashu or the present province of Ssu-ch'uan, which was a wealthy country, there were numbers of powerful clans, which were closely connected with influential figures in the central government. On the other hand, in the same province a mighty religious organization called Wu-tou-mei-tao, which was originally magical in nature, sprang up, and grew into an anti-government and anti-clan organization of peasants. To suppress this powerful peasant movement the clans had to organized themselves, leading to the creation of the Shu-Han dynasty.