英文摘要
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This paper focused on the duty of "Zhong Dai Du" documented in "Zuo Zhuan" and "Guo Yu". I proposed that we should not regard "Zhong Dai Fu", "Shang Dai Fu" and "Xia Dai Fu" as different social rank. On the contrary, in the earlier literature before "Zuo Zhuan", "Dai Fu" often came with other descriptions, such as "Zhong Jun Dai Fu", "Shang Jun Dai Fu", "Xia Jun Dai Fu", "Qi Yu Dai Fu", "Gong Zu Dai Fu", and "Pu Dai Fu". As a consequence, I argued that all the descriptions before "Dai Fu" should be considered their duty. In other words, the duty of "Zhong Dai Fu" should be "Zhong". In the literature, "Zhong" referred to the palace, or the imperial residence. That is, "Zhong Dai Fu" was responsible for managing the imperial residence. In "Zuo Zhuan" and "Guo Yu", "Zhong Dai Fu" was only mentioned three times in the period of Duke Xian of Jin and Duke Hui of Jin. During the time of the two Dukes, Li Ke and Pi Zheng served as "Zhong Dai Fu", and had several campaigns under their command. As a result, we could infer that "Zhong Dai Fu" Li Ke and Pi Zheng's duty are the same as "Qing". Since Western Zhou, the officers in charge of the imperial residence such as "Zai" and "Shan Fu " had seized the power not only over the palace affairs but also over the national issues. This paper argued that the "Zhong Dai Fu" Li Ke in the period of Duke Xian of Jin was exactly the same as "Zai" and "Shan Fu " in Wester Zhou, originally in charge of the imperial residence affairs but ended up as grabbing the power like "Qing", commanding the troops to have several campaigns. After the movement of "Zuo San Jun", the position of"Qing" was replaced by the troops commander. Due to this reason, the power of "Zhong Dai Fu" was limited to the imperial residence affairs, and the importance of which may thus be decreased. Therefore, it would not be dated in "Zuo Zhuan" and "Guo Yu".
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