浅论西汉郡国庙的兴废:以现实政治为中心的考察

The Rise and Fall of Ancestral Temples of Prefectures in the Western Han Dynasty——A Study Centred on Realistic Politics

郡国宗庙是西汉特有的产物,从高帝设立太上皇庙开始,到元帝罢郡国宗庙为止,延续了150多年。循着地方与中央的权力关系这条线索,整个过程可以划分为三个阶段:郡国庙的建立、对郡国庙合理性的质疑、郡国庙的废弃。郡国庙的废立无疑是与中央与地方的权力关系息息相关的,这一礼制问题的背后,是现实政治活动的身影。

The ancestral temples of prefectures are a unique product of the Western Han Dynasty,which was kept more than 150 years from the temple set up by the Emperor Gao to its abandonment by the Emperor Yuan.According to the relationship between the local power and the central power,the whole process can be divided into three stages,namely the establishment of the ancestral temple,the questioning of the rationality of its existence,and its abandonment.The dethronement is undoubtedly related to the relationship between the central power and local governments.Therefore this ritual system is just the reflection of the realistic political activities.