北魏宗室阶层受爵制度考论

The Disperse Study on the Ennoblement System of the Royal Clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty

北魏宗室阶层是代人集团的轴心和骨干,统治者利用爵制抬升并巩固宗室的地位,加速其官僚贵族化的进程。爵位对于宗室而言不仅是荣誉称号,更连带丰厚的权利,除享受衣食租税和爵恤等经济收益外,还有重要的礼仪及政治功用,宗室天潢贵胄的身份借此得以彰显。爵位影响着宗室的前程命运,亦关乎政权的稳固。因此,北魏国家加强对宗室爵位事务的管制,严格遵循华夏古礼安排食邑布局,并在皇帝统筹下协调政务机关和家族议事会,处置宗室爵位的传授。

The royal clan of the Northern Wei dynasty was the axis and backbone of the Dai nobleman group as the foundation of the state power. It was the rank that was made use of promoting and consolida- ting their status and accelerating the official and aristocratic process. The rank wasnt only the honorary title for the royal clan but also was connected with the rich benefits including the land tax, relative payment as the economic income and etiquette and political function, by which the royal clan ＇s valuable identity might be indicated. Their future and the state security were affected by the rank. So their rank affairs were kept the strict management of the government. For example, the feod was arranged according to the Huaxia tradition. The rank inherition depended on the consultation between the government and council meeting under the imperial authority.