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Title:: nterweave of idealization and existence: discussion on “the abdication system”

Author(s):: LI You-guang; (Institute of Chinese Ideology and Culture, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi, China)

Keywords:: “demise instead of hereditary system”; abdication legend; abdication speculation; “the abdication system”; the time of abdication

Abstract:: As a controversial important topic in the history, “the abdication system” which emphasizes “demise instead of hereditary system” arouses heated discussion again due to the discovery of the bamboo slips in Shanghai Museum and the bamboo slips unearthed at Guodian. On the basis of the investigation of the abdication legend and the abdication speculation, and the exploration of the relevant archaeological achievements and research findings, the paper suggests that “the abdication system” is more likely to exist during the early and middle Neolithic Age, while the interweave of the idealization and the existence is the existing state of “the abdication system” in the history.