明中后期致祭使者对泰山碧霞元君信仰的心态分析——以正德五年明武宗遣乔宇致祭泰山为例

Analysis of the State of Mind of the Sacrificial Emissaries in the Late Ming Dynasty to the Beliefs of Taishan Bixia Yuanjun——Take Emperor Ming Wuzong Sent Qiao Yu to Sacrifice Mount Tai in Masanori Five Years as an Example

明中后期朝廷经常派遣士人作为致祭使者前往泰山,其中诸如乔宇等人,在祭祀泰山正神后,又前往碧霞祠进行祷祝。拥有官方身份的士人之所以致祭碧霞元君,其主要原因是出于官方身份视角下的“政治虔诚”,其目的是为增强整个致祭官方任务的完整性,其内核则是文人士大夫在官方体制框架内形成的对皇权社稷的忠诚。

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty,a large number of scholars were sent to Mount Tai to preside over the sacrificial ceremony,such as Qiao Yu.After offering sacrifices to Mount Tai,they went to Bixia Temple to pray.The reason why scholars with official status offer sacrifices to Bixia emperor is mainly due to the"political piety"from the perspective of official status.The purpose is to enhance the integrity of the whole official mission of sacrifice.The core is the loyalty of literati and officials to the emperor's power and state within the framework of official system.