宋代立嗣制度探析

On the System of Making Inheritor in the Song Dynasty

立嗣之俗古已有之 ,唐以前的法律对之只有零散的规定 ,宋律则对立嗣作了全面、系统的规定 ,使之成为专门的制度。立嗣于宋代形成制度 ,浓厚的宗法家族观念是其土壤 ,日益增多的立嗣之讼是其主要促成因素。

The custom of making inheritor had been existing long since ancientry of China. Before the Tang Dynasty, law had stipulated about it scatteredly. The laws of Song dynasty began to stipulate about systematically, it became a specialized legal system. Making inheritor became a system in Song dynasty, the thick idea of ancestry and family was the base, and the increasing lawsuit of making inheritor was the main promoted factor.