The Study Of The Ancestral Women In The Tang Dynasty

In recent years,a study of female characters in Tang Dynasty have achieved fruitful results,However,the imperial clan female is relatively few,about the prince’s daughter is less.Although their status is not as prominent as Princess Li Tang,their fate is similar,a lifetime of political fiddling.So this article is based on the epitaphs of Tang Dynasty prince’s daughter,and try to sort out the imperial clan female living conditions from family education,marriage,widowed life and funeral etc,In order to exploring the influence of politics on their life course.According to the statistical arrangement,the epitaphs of the imperial clan female are 47 square,Including prince’s daughter 46 square,infanta is 1 square.These epitaphs roughly divided into three main categories.one is the epitaph whose owner is imperial clan female,and this type of epitaph is exhaustive and informative.such as name,native place,family,appearance,marriage,birth and death year and so on,this is the basic historical material that this article relies on;Second,the imperial clan female and husband as the epitaph master together,It revealed that their marriage,funeral information,Some also detailed the family lineage of the imperial clan female.Third,the epitaph which contains the imperial clan female,the record is brief,only the title of imperial clan female,relations with the grave’s relatives,other information is out of the question.When they are young,the imperial clan female need to receive education in the boudoir.Compared with the ordinary woman,they were more favorable condition.In female moral education,cultivate them to be filial to their parents at home and get married after virtuous.In terms of living skills,it is not only should be good at needlework,but also need to know how to be industrious and thrifty;In the literature and arts,there is a full-time female teacher who is responsible for teaching,and the learning content is very broad,so most of the imperial clan female are well educated and have excellent skills.Marriage is a matter of life.The average age of marriage and women in the Tang Dynasty imperial clan female compared to the gap is very large.Rarely,some married very late,In the early days of the period,the marriage was influenced by political disputes.The reasons for the late marriage and the princess were similar in the late Tang Dynasty,It was mainly influenced by politics and war.Most of the husbands of the clan are kinsman of the emperor,notable family,dignitaries,even the king and the children of vassal country,It seems to be dignified.In fact,their marriage has become a tool for Li Tang’s royal family to seek political interests.Because the imperial clan female have independent economic sources,and can benefit from the family,so they have higher family status after marriage,life is relatively rich,but still can well fulfill the responsibility of a housewife,most of them are gentle and kind,and get along with husband and other family members.Of course,the relationship between the clan and their husband is not harmonious,which is inseparable from their political marriage.Although it was not uncommon for women to divorce in the Tang Dynasty,the provisions of imperial clan female should not remarry widow,so their widowed life is very difficult.only need to shoulder the burden of family,raising children,stretched in the economy,but also feeling helpless,they can only seek Buddhism or Taoism as spiritual support.Once the death of the imperial clan female,still buried according to traditional funeral forms.The main thing is that couples are buried or buried alone,the biggest feature is the burial site of their family,even some of them buried in the emperor’s mausoleum.Their funeral are generally governed by the state,some are buried by their families,and funeral treatment are closely related to blood and politics.The imperial clan female life is similar to that of princess,Just living in different forms.Politically,they were unable to escape the shackles of imperial power,from choosing marriage object to enjoy treatment of how the funeral,all by the will of the ruler,to some extent,they are born for politics,victims of politics and victims.