从《皇明祖训》到《明会典》——简论明代藩王的继承制度

A Brief Analysis on the Seigniorial Heir System in the Ming Dynasty from Huanmingzuxun to Minghuidian

明太祖以《皇明祖训》的形式确立了明代藩王继承制度。随着藩王绝嗣问题的出现,后世统治者通过扩展藩王继承权来解决。不过,继承权的扩展也导致冒封、滥封现象的膨胀。为了应对藩王继承在制度上的缺失,至嘉隆万时期,以《明会典》的颁布,标志着明代全面完善了藩王继承制度。

Mingtaizu promulgated HUANMINGZUNXUN and established seigniofial heir system in Ming Dynasty. To deal with the problem that some seigniors had no offspring, the rulers of Ming Dynasty tried to extend heir to solve it. However, the policy led to expansion of seigniors. During the periods of Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli, the rulers was faced with the drawbacks of the system. And they finally decided to promulgated MINGHUIDIAN to changed the seigniorial heir system.