辽代契丹人的贞节观

Chasity View of Qidan People in Liao Dynasty

契丹人在建国前与中原文化接触较少,所以其对贞节观念十分陌生。在契汉文化交流、契汉通婚和佛教的影响下,中原地区的女性贞节观传入辽朝。中原贞节观念要求女性在婚姻生活中必须从一而终,不可再嫁,这种观念在道德和婚姻关系上束缚了契丹女性,但也在一定程度上避免了异辈婚所带来的危害。而终辽一世,贞节观并未成为辽代社会的主流观念。

The Qidan people had less contact with the Central Plains culture before the founding of the Liao Dynasty,so they were very unfamiliar with the concept of chastity.Under the influence of cultural exchange and intermarriage between Qidan and the Han nationality as well as Buddhism,the concept of female chastity in the Central Plains was introduced into the Liao Dynasty.The concept of chastity in the Central Plains requires women to never marry again in their marriage life.This concept constrains Qidan women in morality and marriage,but it also avoids the harm caused by inter-generation marriage to a certain extent.It should be noted that in the end of Liao Dynasty,the concept of chastity did not become the mainstream concept of Liao society.