A Study Of Women’s Marriage Rights In Song Dynasty

In ancient times,women’s living areas were extremely narrow,mainly in the family.The most important place that constitutes the essence of women’s life is the family.With marriage as the core,family life can be viewed from a more direct perspective.The unequal status of men and women in marriages in Chinese feudal society was manifested in both the conclusion of marriage and the dissolution of marriage.Although the Song Dynasty was no exception,the marriage rights of women in the Song Dynasty were given a certain degree of freedom in law.Express a certain amount of free will in real life,including the right to choose a spouse,the right to divorce,and the right to remarry.This article is composed of three parts.The introduction part mainly introduces the significance of studying the marriage rights of women in the Song Dynasty and the current situation of the academic circles on the marriage rights of women in the Song Dynasty.The last is the research materials and research methods of this article.The main text first introduces the rights of women in the Song Dynasty when marriage is concluded.Marriage needs to follow the orders of their parents,the words of the matchmaker,and the influence of the destiny thought.Women can get makeup and have a certain degree of control when they get married.Free will and a certain degree of respect;secondly,the rights of women in the Song Dynasty when their marriages are dissolved,the husband’s right to unilaterally abandon his wife was restricted,and the Song Dynasty law added new divorce clauses,and women can divorce their husbands by agreement based on specific circumstances.In actual life,there are many cases of women who took the initiative to file for divorce,pointing out that women in the Song Dynasty had a certain degree of autonomy in divorce.Finally,it explained the rights of women in the Song Dynasty when remarrying.The law did not prohibit women from remarrying,and the concept of chastity was not strictly observed at the time.There is no general condemnation of women’s remarriage.There are many examples of women’s remarriage in the legal precedents,pointing out that women in the Song Dynasty enjoyed a certain degree of freedom whether they were divorced and remarried or married after death.The concluding remarks pointed out that although women in Song Dynasty did not get rid of the limitations of feudal society,they were endowed with a certain degree of marriage rights which is of great significance in the evolution of marriage system.