北魏公主婚姻考

On the Princess Marriage in the Northern Wei Dynasty

北魏公主制度建立于道武帝时期,公主虽然有着较高的社会地位,但却无法主宰自己的婚姻,皇帝在为公主选择驸马时更多地考虑政治因素,从而使公主的婚姻有着鲜明的政治性、广泛的民族性、亲属关系的重叠性以及婚姻的不可逆性等特点,也正是如此,才使公主的婚姻对其个人以至于北魏王朝都产生了重要的影响。

The Princess Marriage System was established in the Period of Emperor Daowu in the Northern Wei Dynasty, though princesses had higher social status, they still had no final say in their own mar- riage. Princess＇ marriage was closely related to politics, nationality, kinship and irreversibility of mar- riage. The princess＇ marriage had a significant impact on themselves and the Northern Wei Dynasty.