Researching the old target aims at finding out social culture before and post western Zhou Dynasty, and understanding the direct influence on the system brought by philosophy background and political ethic of western Zhou.

• 我们提出这样一个旧有的研究对象,不仅在于考察它是否存在以及与之相关的西周前后的社会文化,还在于通过对这一问题的考察,认识西周的哲学背景、治伦理对这一制度产生所形成的直接影响。