明代宫殉制度探究

A Study of the Ming Dynasty’s Martyrdom System

自朱元璋将殉葬制度定为祖制之后，便迅速推广开来，其范围之广，影响之深，为历朝所罕见。其盛行原因与元明时期大力推崇的贞节观有密切关系，而贞节观的出现主要受两方面因素的影响，一是宋明理学的盛行，二是统治者的教化。自土木堡之变以后，儒家礼教对女性的束缚有所松动，出现了一股批判传统妇女观的思潮，这为英宗废除宫殉打下了思想和社会基础。另一方面是英宗自身的性格原因，他特别看重夫妻之情。本文将运用社会心理学的方法，对英宗废弃宫殉作出更深层次的分析。

Since the Emperor Zhu Yuan-zhang had decided martyrdom as a progenitor system, it rapidly expanded, the depth and breadth of it＇s affection is rarely seen. It prevailed during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties greatly because people admired chastity. Chastity mainly affected by two factors： first, the prevalence of Neo-Confucianism, the second was the ruler＇s enlightenment. After the change in Civil fort, Confucian ethical loosened the shackles on women, emerged criticism of traditional views on women, which laid the ideological and social foundations for abolition of martyrdom. On the other hand, Ying-zong put particular importance on the couple＇s This article will use the method of social psychology, to make a deeper analysis of why he abandoned it.