从杨震屈死一案看东汉统治体制的弊端

摘要

杨震是东汉安帝时期的大儒与名臣。他精通儒学,居官清廉,身居高位,却不愿恋栈自保,对于皇帝的失德失政,每每极言直谏。杨震对朝政的批评,触及到东汉统治体制的所有弊端：外戚干政、宦官弄权、乳母乱政、贪污成风、朋党之争。秉执儒家＂修齐治平＂之学,没有真正融入官场＂利益集团＂之中,是杨震被当政集团迫害致死的根本原因。%Yang Zhen was a great Confucian scholar and eminent courtier in the reign by Emperor An in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Being proficient in Confucianism,and uncorrupt as an official with a high position,he never hesitated in remonstrating the emperor for his loss of virtue and misadministration without reservation for self-protection.The criticism from Yang Zhen covered all the drawbacks of the ruling system of the Eastern Han Dynasty,such as the interference with administration from the queen’s relatives,scrambling for power from the eunuchs,wet nurse’s involvement in political affairs,the corrupt practice,and disputes among different cliques.The reason why Yang Zhen was persecuted to death by the ruling group was that he adhered to the Confucian doctrine of＂politics and philosophy＂ without integrating himself into the＂interest groups＂of the officialdom.