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What dynasties did slave society and feudal society include?
1. Slave society: from the establishment of Xia Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period of Shang, Western and Eastern Zhou Dynasties.

2. Feudal society: From the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period, it experienced the Qin, Western Han, New and Eastern Han Dynasties, until the Liao, Northern Song, Xia, Jin, Southern Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, until the official end of the Revolution of 1911.

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In the history circle of China, scholars from all sides hold different views on whether there is a "slave society" in the history of China.

Scholars who hold the view of "slave school", represented by Guo Moruo, believe that the stage of "slave society" in China's history began when the Shang emperor went to Jia in the 6th century BC and ended when Ying Zheng, the king of Qin in the Warring States, unified the six countries in the 22nd century BC. The "slave-free school" scholars, represented by Professor Huang Xianfan, believe that there is no slave society in China history.

According to Marx's historical theory, the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties were once defined as slave societies, which is controversial.

Slave society, the majority of slaves at the lower level as the main production role. However, according to traditional documents and archaeological excavations, there is no indication that slavery was widely practiced in ancient China. Therefore, academic circles are quite controversial about this.

The characteristics of feudal society:

1, feudal society is about land. King Zhou enfeoffed all the land in the world to relatives and heroes. Nominally, the land belongs to the king of Zhou, but in fact it belongs to the princes. A vassal is the master of his own land and governs his country according to his own laws.

So to a great extent, feudalism and federalism are similar, which is also the reason why western European countries naturally transitioned from the Middle Ages to federalism.

2. The feudal society unified its thoughts according to Zhou Li. Etiquette is not a law, but an advocated code of conduct. Violation of the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty may not necessarily be punished by criminal punishment, but it will be looked down upon by people throughout the Zhou Dynasty.

This is similar to the modern western credit system. A bad credit record doesn't necessarily violate the criminal law, but you will find yourself unpopular and difficult to do things.

Therefore, in the feudal society, the aristocratic spirit was highly advocated, and the nobles would restrain themselves according to the principle of etiquette and attached great importance to honor. This was also evident in medieval Europe.

3. The vassal states in feudal society formed an equal relationship, although the appellations were different.

There is no centralization in feudal society, and the central government is only the common patriarch of the vassal States, which plays the role of guidance and mediation. The central government will not issue any orders or decrees directly.

Governors also have feudal power in their own countries, so some countries are divided into smaller countries.