穆宗神主升祔太庙筹议述论

On the Deliberations of Placing Emperor Tongzhi's Ancestral Tablet in the Imperial Ancestral Temple

光绪三年,穆宗神主将升祔太庙,但太庙九室已满,无地可容。巨典攸关,群臣筹议。经过几回合的激烈争论,最终决定在原太庙基础上增修龛座,神主升祔。此次筹议的结果并不符合传统礼制,其特点有二:废除亲尽祧庙制度,礼制服从于现实。

In the third year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, ministers deliberated the important issue of placing Emperor Tongzhi＇s tablet in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The question was that the nine rooms of the Temple were full. After several rounds of heated debates the final decision was made that a new pedestal would be built in the Temple to place the new tablet. The result of the deliberations did not conform to the traditional etiquette in that the system of placing emperors＇ ancestral tablets in the Tiao Temple was abolished and the etiquette was subjected to the reality.