革故与启新:赵尔丰与清末川边婚俗改革

Reform and Innovation:Zhao Erfeng’s Reform of Marriage Customs in the Tibetan Area of Sichuan in the Late Qing Dynasty

婚姻习俗改革是清末新政时期赵尔丰川边改革的重点之一,但尚未引起学界足够重视。川边传统婚俗形式较为自由,男女婚配不仅没有官方凭证且不受伦理道德的严格约束,与内地存在着显著的差异。赵尔丰在川边推行的婚姻习俗改革,以儒家伦理道德为基本导向,以实行一夫一妻制、颁发官制婚书凭证、支持汉藏间通婚为核心内容。总体看,上述改革举措对川边婚俗向近代化迈进起到了引领作用,同时也存在着改革操之过急以及改革方式简单粗暴等方面的不足,反映了历史的局限性。

The reform of marriage was one of the main focuses of Zhao Erfeng’s reforms in the Tibetan area of Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty but it has not received sufficient attention from the academic community.The traditional forms of marriage in the Tibetan area of Sichuan were more liberal,without official certificates and strict constraints of ethics and morality,a significant difference from the mainland.Zhao Erfeng’s marriage reforms were guided by Confucian ethics and morality,with monogamy,the issuance of official marriage certificates and support for intermarriage as the core elements.On the whole,the above reforms has led to the modernisation of marriage customs in Sichuan but there are also shortcomings,such as being too hasty and simple,a reflection of the limitation of history.