马王堆汉墓《丧服图》再认识

马王堆汉墓《丧服图》中的文字“三年丧:属服,廿五月而毕”,并不是说天下吏民为天子服丧25个月,而是总体概括了属服三年丧的时间是25个月。从出土的有关丧服的文字看,当时的统治阶级都不服三年丧,并且丧期都有不同程度的缩短。从出土的图表看,当时的服丧范围并没有缩减,它是墓主人身为诸侯大夫而“绝缌”的一种真实反映。

The family should mourn for three years, and after 25 months, the mourning can be over. According to the record, the meaning is not the people mourning for the emperors for 25 months, but generalizing the time of the family mourning of three years was 25 months. Because the ruling classes at that time all refused to obey , the time was shorten in various degrees. According to the chart, the range of mourning didn＇t reduced, which refleced that the owner of tomb refused to wear the willow for his family.