明代中晚期的礼仪之变及其社会内涵——以江南地区为考察中心

THE SOCIAL CONNOTATIONS AND CHANGE OF CONVENANCE IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE PERIOD OF MING DY- NASTY——WITH AREAS IN SOUTH OF YANGTZE RIVER AS THE FOCUS

中国传统的礼仪制度是在以身份等级制为内核的社会架构中形成的,同时又对传统的社会形态起着维系的作用。然而,至明代中晚期,婚、丧、冠、寿、社交等礼仪惯制却发生了诸多变异,并在江南地区尤为典型地表现出来。考察并分析当时的礼仪之变,可以发现,婚礼的变古出新,丧礼的淆乱旧制,冠礼的废弛,寿诞礼的盛行,人际交往的尊卑失序,所反映的正是社会的震荡与变迁。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE CONVENANCE SYSTEM WAS DERIVED FROM A SOCIAL STRUCTURE WITH SOCIAL-RANKING MECHA- NISM AS ITS CORE. IN THE MEANTIME, IT SERVED TO MAINTAIN THE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL REGIME. THROUGH STUDYING AND ANALYZING THE CHANGES OF CONVENANCE, IT IS CLEAR THAT WHAT HAVE BEEN REFLECTED ARE SOCIAL CHANGES AND VICISSITUDES AT THAT TIME.