The Research On The Female Property In Song Dynasty

The spreading of heavy dowry was very popular in Song Dynasty. Which the marriage asked for wealth becomes a kind of characteristic social phenomenon. According to stipulated and guaranteed, the actual amount of female property were in difference because of uneven which concluded the poor and wealth at that time. But, It should have the folk customs and the convention which followed by people in Song dynasty. The dowry had independence of the husband's family property after getting into husband's house. The dowry had the independence different from the common wealth of husband's community property and the wife had more right to manage family property than her husband.The women also possess to certainly inherit power to other property of natal home. Sometimes. Even if the maternal home with descendants. the woman also has some opportunity to inherit the property. When female home with no son could not but through adopting son to obtain property and offer sacriface. the parent usually were unwilling to the adopted son to obtain all property. The want to give some belongings to own daughters as far as possible. Assigning property by will was the most widespread to ensure the daughter to hold certain property. Especially; when the natal family with no descendant. The women's importance as a person who has right in inheriting appeared, But the status of inheritance were difference from all this kinds. Generally speaking. Virgin and the returned after married had more opportunity to inherit to be far larger than the married women; Virgin and the returned after married had more shares to inherit to be more than the married women; In certain condition, The right of inheriting was equal between the virgin and the returned after married. The property right of widow and son-in-low in the home of his wife's parents was very complicated. The widow had great power of treatment to the property of original husband's family under the special conditions.Compared some traits of female property heritage system in Song dynasty with that in Tang dynasty. So we concluded that female property heritage system in Song dynasty was greatly better than that in Tang dynasty in standardization, completeness and particularization, and kept changing. The fact that the government was high on public profit was also a feature at that time.The women possessed certain property right which must be affirmed in Song Dynasty, but we also couldn't estimate too much.