从丧葬福利看汉代社会的等级性特征

On the funeral welfare and the hierachical system of Han

汉代社会的等级性特征不仅表现在社会成员生前,在丧葬福利上也表现得十分突出。丧葬福利主要施行于贵族、官僚等阶层,有着典型的身份性特征。丧葬福利内容主要有丧假、赙赠、赐茔地、赠印绶、荫子等,等级差别鲜明。与西汉相比,东汉丧葬福利的规定更加具体。丧葬福利客观上助长了当时的厚葬风气。实施丧葬福利的目的是笼络臣下,推行以“孝”道为核心的伦理教化。

The social identity of individuals is not only obvious for the living, but rather phenomena in terms of the funeral welfare, which is mainly applicable to the aristocrats and bureaucrats with a distinction of social stratum. The funeral welfare refers to the gradable duration, gifts of tomb yards, official seals, and rib- bons, all with different class. It is more specific in the detailed regards in Eastern Han than in Western Han. The purpose is to rule the lowers by the concept of filial piety.