春秋时期的媵嫁婚及其中的女性

Maid-accompanying System and its Women in the Spring and Autumn Period

媵嫁婚是春秋时期贵族婚姻的一种重要形式。春秋经传所载的媵嫁制度与史实不尽相合,反映了媵嫁婚在诸侯政治联盟中所起的作用。而从起源上看,其“以姪娣从”的内容虽与姊妹共夫制有一定联系,但更多地体现出贵族婚姻的政治性。在这一婚姻形式中,贵族妇女在很大程度上被视为结成政治联盟的工具。

Maid-accompanying system is a main form of aristocratic marriage in the Spring and Autumn Period. The record about it doesn＇t fully meet historical facts. Though the maid-accompanying system was somehow related to sisters marrying to one husband system, it represents more the political nature of the aristocratic marriage. According to maid-accompanying system, the aristocratic women are regarded as means of attaching to other countries.