儒学伦理思想与中国古代婚姻观念流变之关系

The Confucian Ethics and the Change of Olden Matrimonial Ideas of China

先秦时期,处于初创阶段的孔门儒学伦理思想对婚姻的制约还不突出,女性在婚姻中还享有一定的自主权,并在恋爱中也常常表现出明显的主动性。秦汉至隋唐,儒学伦理思想对婚姻的制约日渐强化,反映在婚姻问题上除了强调在婚姻家庭中丈夫拥有对妻子的统治权以外,还要求显示婚姻双方各自家庭社会地位、身份的门第的等同。明清两代统治阶级大力倡导妇女守节,并形成相关制度,从而使片面要求妇女守节的风气愈演愈烈,贞操观比较典型地暴露了儒学伦理思想落后腐朽的本质。

In the time of Pre-Qin dynasty, Confucianism was in the inchoate stage, so matrimonial idea was not swayed obviously by it, and women still held somewhat independence after marriage. But from the Qin, and Han dynasty, Confucian ethics' contral on marriage was becoming stronger. When the wheel of time turning to the Ming, and Qing dynasty, women, after marriage were stricktly oppessed by the ideas of virtues and purity evolved from confucianism, which reflect corruptness and backwardness of the Confucian ethics.