从《礼记》看战国以后夫权的强化

成书于战国至秦汉时代的《礼记》,尽管它是解释先秦古礼的作品,但由于社会结构和社会思想发生了变化,其所表达的妇女观与先秦礼仪有很大的不同。其中,关于婚礼意义和三从之义的解释尤与先秦古礼不同,阳唱阴和、男主女从、夫死不嫁、从一而终成为婚礼的主题,女性的服丧原则三从成为女性的道德规范,三从中的从夫成为汉代礼学家重点强调的内容。这些变化反映了战国至两汉时代夫权的加强。

View the Increase of the Husband's Power after the Warring States Period from the Book of Rites

The Book of Rites was written between the Warring States Period and the Qin and the Han Dynasty.Although it was meant to explain ancient etiquette in the pre-Qin era,its views of women were very different from those expressed through rituals in the pre-Qin era partly due to changes in social structure and ideas.Such differences occurred,especially in the interpretation of the significance of weddings,and the interpretation of the Three Subordinations.In the case of the former,the following expressions were ...