唐太宗的慎赦思想与行赦——兼论唐代政权合法性的构建

Emperor Taizong of Tang’s Prudent Amnesty Concept and Practice——On the Construction of the Tang Dynasty’s Regime Legitimacy

随着唐代法律体系的不断发展完善,赦宥制度也逐渐走向规范化和系统化。大赦、曲赦、录囚等各种赦宥方式在唐太宗时期日趋成熟和规范。唐太宗借慎赦思想塑造“明君”的政治形象,并使得赦宥的政治功能得到最大程度的发挥。然而,慎赦思想的实质却是为其政治目的服务,唐太宗以多种赦宥形式来实现其对帝位继承合法性的证明,配合对外征服战略、农业经济发展策略的实施,以及减轻民众赋役负担等,为唐代政权的合法性奠定了理论基础和实践基础。

With the continuous development and refinement of the legal system in the Tang Dynasty,the amnesty system gradually became more standardized and systematic.Various forms of amnesty,such as general amnesty,special amnesty,and prisoner review,entered a period of increasing maturity and regulation during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang.Emperor Taizong utilized the concept of the prudent amnesty to craft the political image of a“enlightened monarch”and maximize the political function of amnesties.However,the essence of the prudent amnesty concept was to serve his practical political objectives.Taizong employed various forms of amnesty to legitimize his succession to the throne,support his strategies of foreign conquest and development,implement agricultural economic policies,and alleviate the corvée burdens on the populace.Through these amnesties,he laid the theoretical and practical foundations for the legitimacy of the Tang Dynasty’s regime.