论《劝勉婚嫁诏》颁布的社会动因及影响

Social Reasons for and Influence of Imperial Edict of Marriage Encouragement

《劝勉婚嫁诏》是唐太宗登基之后颁布的第一个婚姻诏令,它集中体现了唐政府对婚姻与社会发展的总体指导思想。本文认为,隋末战乱及唐初平定战争所造成的社会经济凋敝、人口锐减等是该项诏令颁布的主要社会动因。诏令的推行与实施,对于乱离之后唐代社会的稳定以及社会经济和社会风俗等方面的发展都产生了深远影响,在唐代社会发展史上具有重要意义。

Imperial Edict of Marriage Encouragement, the first law of marriage promulgated by LI Shi-min after his ascension to the throne, embodied the overall guiding ideology for marriage and social development of the Tang Dynasty. Socio-economic depression and marked dropping in population caused by the war at the end of Sui Dynasty and in the early Tang Dynasty were the main social reasons for such an imperial edict, whose execution and implementation had exerted far-reaching influence on its social stability, economy and customs.