民初异姓继承载谱成因考——以苏南族谱为例

Research on the Causes of Inheritance of Foreign Surnames in the Early Republic of China——Take the Genealogy of Southern Jiangsu as an example

异姓不录是谱学常识。究其成因,中国的继承只承认单系(同宗)亲属,严禁外姓子嗣载入本宗谱。但民国初期,苏南族谱变通异姓继承载谱禁制,收录异姓子於本宗的附谱或义谱。在谱例上,不少苏南族谱编撰者提出固守僵化的同宗原则,已难以解决宗族内继承纷争。他们或变通同宗继承或引进西洋继承学说,逐渐化解异姓继承载谱的观念障碍。

It is common knowledge of genealogy not to record different surnames.In the early Republic of China,the genealogy of Southern Jiangsu began to include different surnames in the genealogy.The traditional inheritance only admits the single family(same family)relatives,forming the system design that forbids different family names into the family tree.However,the genealogical compilers of southern Jiangsu began to adapt the principle to cope with the dilemma of different family name inheritance.At the same time,many genealogical compilers realized that sticking to the rigid principle of the same clan could not solve the inheritance disputes within the clan.They either adapted the inheritance of the same family or introduced the western inheritance theory to solve the institutional obstacles,which is the main reason why different surnames can carry on the genealogy.