清代妇女嫁妆支配权的考察

A Study on Women's Right to Control Their Dowry in Qing Dynasty

嫁妆跟随妇女由娘家到婆家,成为她们在新家庭中的“私产”。清代,大多数妇女拥有对自己嫁妆的独立占有权和支配权,并利用嫁妆为家庭、家族乃至社会作出贡献。妇女在支配嫁妆的同时,逐步加大其对家庭事务的影响,赢得家庭和家族成员的尊重,确立起她们在新家庭或新家族中的地位。

Together with the bride to the house of the husband, the dowry became the woman＇s ＂private property＂ in her new home. In Qing dynasty, most women had the right to own and control their dowries, with which they made economical contributions to the farniliy, the clan and even the society. At the same time, women gained wider influence on the family affairs and won the respect of the family members and set up their status in the new families or clans.