唐宋商人婚姻变迁探析

Exploration and Analysis on the Changes of Marriage of Businessman in the Tang and Song Dynasties

唐代商人的通婚阶层主要有艺妓、商人、手工业者、农民和官僚,而宋代商人不仅可以联姻于士人、高官,有的商人之女还可以入宫为皇妃,乃至正位中宫。这主要是宋代商人经济实力的提高、入宋后阶级关系的变化和财婚风气日盛的结果,此外还与科举制度的发展有关。唐宋商人婚姻变迁的背后蕴涵了深刻的社会变革。

The businessmen in the Tang Dynasty were mainly married with prostitutes, businessmen, craftsmen, peasants and government officials. But the businessmen in the Song Dynasty could not only be related with scholars and senior officials by marriage, but ＇al- so some daughters of businessmen entered palace as imperial concubine and empress. This resulted chiefly from the increment of eco- nomic strength of businessmen, the changes of class relations and the prevalence of marriage mood attaching more importance to money gradually. Moreover, it had a bearing on the development of imperial examination system. The changes of marriage of businessman in the Tang and Song Dynasties implicated the profound social transform.