The Study Of The Wife's Family Status Of Song Dynasty

Wife's family, is the ancient Chinese emperors or consorts Princess's family, is a privileged class. Their action has since ancient times been of concern. Han and Tang period, the mother's family who consorts with the help of the Princess of the special relationship, by virtue of their privileges and the power of family, often substantial interference in the country's political and syndicate formation wife's family, and then the right, the threat of imperial rule, rule in directly caused instability and even accelerate the country's collapse.By the Song dynasty, the wife's family status dropped dramatically. So far academia still believe the "Song wife's family without personalities." Because of the perception wife's family reunification, academia generally little research Song wife's family. Although there are some articles related to the wife's family in the Song Dynasty now, But basically, to study them as consorts to be part of the exposition. This paper is trying to wife's family as a focal point, the first study Song "to the laws wife's family." Song of the lessons learned from the previous generation lessons on the basis of the mother's family to further strengthen the restrictions specified strict preventive measures. From the economic, political, daily exchanges weakened wife's family and other aspects of the privileges and influence of the state. Then, through inspection wife's family background, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Title-Conferring and Rewarding and other privileges to understand at the time of the mother's family status. From the late Tang Dynasty to Wudai, the social structure, family influence is gradually fading, social mobility between classes began to accelerate. On the political structure, strengthen despotism centralized, bureaucratic and political further development; on the social thinking, Song respected Confucianism, reconstruction feudal ethics, strengthen the consorts of the wife's family and the wife's family bound by the self-restraint forces. These are the restrictions of the wife's family made the request and provide the conditions, leading to a Song Dynasty wife's family status.This paper is hoped that the Song "the Law to the wife's family's " and the mother's family background, Chief Cabinet Secretary and economic situation in the areas of inspection, Analysis of the Song Dynasty to the mother's family status, and then study the cause of its decline the above reasons.