隋唐时期的太子册立及制约因素

On the Selection and Constraint Factors about Crown Prince in Sui and Tang Dynasties

隋唐时期,太子册立主要依据的是西周以来的立嫡以长制度,太子废立的决定权大多时候掌握在皇帝手中,虽然有时受到大臣的支持或反对,但皇帝的意志仍占主导地位。而在隋朝和唐朝前期,对太子人选影响较大的是独孤皇后以及唐高宗时的则天皇后和唐中宗时的韦皇后,唐朝中后期,由于皇权的衰落,太子废立则主要被宦官控制。但这几种因素不是孤立存在的,通常是多种因素同时影响着太子的册立。

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties,the Crown Prince was selected on the basis of the system of primogeniture which was e s -tablished in Western Zhou Dynasty. The decision about Crown Prince was largely controlled by emperor although sometimes supported or opposed by ministers. In the Sui Dynasty and Early Tang Dynasty,the candidate for Crown Prince was effected frequently by Queens, such as Dugu,Wuzetian or Wei ,and was dominated almost by eunuchs because of the decline of imperial power since the middle of Tang Dynasty. In fact ,Crown Prince was decided usually on many factors,such as emperor, queen ,minister and eunuch , etc.