Tang Dynasty Consort Study

The emperor's son-in-law system is the wife's or mother's family system important constituent, is emperor the system inevitable product. The emperor's son-in-law not only is the imperial authority the supporter, in the certain degree also is the imperial authority destroyer. Therefore each dynasty all extremely takes the emperor's son-in-law system the establishment and the consummation, makes every effort maintenance which causes the emperor's son-in-law to become despotic Wang Quan. The Tang Dynasty is the emperor's son-in-law system development important stage, has provided the important model regarding later dynasty emperor's son-in-law system consummation.Emperor's son-in-law itself is through marries with the imperial authority forms, therefore studies emperor's son-in-law's marriage and the family is knew the emperor's son-in-law community importantly cuts the entrance. The Tang Dynasty is in the China feudal society history prosperous time, enabled the Tang Dynasty to have openness and the poly tropic bright characteristic. The Tang Dynasty emperor's son-in-law's marriage and the family also have the time characteristic which other dynasty does not have, the Tang Dynasty emperor's son-in-law community also refracts the entire Tang Dynasty the time characteristic.This article first speaks the emperor's son-in-law marriage the formation through chooses emperor's son-in-law's standard and the way description to the Tang Dynasty, may see the Tang Dynasty emperor's son-in-law marriage two big characteristics: Political nature and instability. Emperor's son-in-law's marriage fills the rich political color, is the realistic benefit product. Because the emperor's son-in-law is in the political struggle the center, the marital life is extremely unstable. In the family life, Tang Dynasty emperor's son-in-law is in the subordinate status, its relations is not the wife take the husband as the honour, but is the husband as is expensive take the wife, also the husbands and wives relate many are not harmonious. Because princess relies on noblly, despises the husband race, the diplomatic relation are also many is not harmonious.Because the Tang preliminary emperor's son-in-law excessively are many political struggle implicating, Emperor Xuanzong in Tang dynasty starts to limitthe emperor's son-in-law. Through to the emperor's son-in-law marriage and the family research, may see the Tang Dynasty emperor's son-in-law community three big characteristics: The life and the marriage areunstable; Political life dimness; Because elects the emperor's son-in-law only to pay great attention to the family background, the emperor's son-in-law overall quality is not high.Because the present academic circles is weak to the emperor's son-in-law community's research, this article main use history bookrecord, the inscription, note material, prose and so on, through describes emperor's son-in-law's marriage and the family condition, returns to original state with every effort emperor's son-in-law's original appearance; And rises to the system altitude, makes every effort to outline the Tang Dynasty emperor's son-in-law community the basic characteristic.