从《左传》看嫡长子继承制与春秋动乱之关系

Approach the Relation between the Elder-son-system of Zhou Dynasty and Civil Wars in Chunqiu Era from 《Zuo zhuan》

周代基于商王朝传弟制度的弊端确立嫡长子继承制,却并未真正避免争位之乱,除了复杂的社会政治原因外,这种制度并未彻底实施也是引起动乱的一个重要因素。导致这种制度未彻底实施的原因有三:嫡长子继承制本身的逻辑漏洞;该制度与人情人性相违背;该制度与现实政治相脱节。

Considering the limitation of Shang dynasty brother--system which only the king＇s brother has the right to inherit all political power after the king die , Zhou built a new Trueborn Eldest Son system, the rule was only the eldest son can inherit all political power. But it didn＇t avoid rivals wars for the throne. Besides complex society and political structure, it didn＇t implement completely is another key reason. There are three reasons as following： The system had logic hole;It didn＇t accord with human nature; The political system was far away from political reality.