辈分的法理

The"triple perspective"of generational Jurisprudence:external formal constraints,internal spiritual authority and internal and external interaction

辈分作为我国传统乡土文化与维系乡土社会人际关系的重要组成部分。一方面,辈分有着外在形式约束,其于族谱中隐性传承、于人名中显性承载、于称谓中显露,其于父子关系中体现为纵向约束,于兄弟关系中体现为横向约束,于社交关系中体现为扩伸约束。另一方面,辈分有着内在精神权威,其是家族依赖的质料因、是精神伦序的动力因、是神圣信仰的目的因。二者的双向交互不仅在强制性的权威保障与群体性的有效监督下助推家族秩序的构建,而且对现在法治建设亦具有重要的借鉴意义。

Generation is an important part of China’s traditional local culture and maintaining the interpersonal relationship of local society.On the one hand,generation has external formal constraints,which are implicit inheritance in the genealogy,explicit bearing in the name and explicit in the appellation.It is reflected in the vertical constraints in the father son relationship,horizontal constraints in the brother relationship and extended constraints in the social relationship.On the other hand,generation has internal spiritual authority,which is the material cause of family dependence,the dynamic cause of spiritual ethics and the purpose cause of sacred belief.The two-way interaction not only promotes the construction of family order under the mandatory authority guarantee and group effective supervision,but also has important reference significance for the construction of the rule of law.