对魏晋南北朝“父子不嫌同名”怪现象之思考

Reflection on the Bewildering Phenomenon that Father and Son Adopted the Same Given Name in Wei,Jin,North and South Dynasties

自周代以来,避讳成为我国漫长封建社会中的普遍现象,在战乱频仍、社会动荡的魏晋南北朝,这种制度非但没有被淡忘反而更加严格;与此同时,这一时期又出现了"父子不嫌同名"的奇怪现象。陈寅恪和万绳楠先生都认为此现象的产生为信道所致。本文通过先假设、再论证的方式,说明信道与"父子不嫌同名"没有必然关联,进而指出其现象存在的可能原因,并以此说明在历史研究中注意避讳学知识的重要性。

Taboo,having long been prevalent in the feudal society of China,appeared to be more rigid in Wei,Jin,North and South Dynasties,when China witnessed successive wars and long-term social insta-bility.Meanwhile,a bewildering phenomenon is that father and son adopted the same name with no fear of breaking the taboo.The phenomenon,deemed by Mr Chen Yingg and Wan Shengnan,was resulted from religious beliefs.This paper,first proposing a hypothesis,then trying to prove it,attempts to the phe-nomenon that father and son adopt the same name is not necessarily in relation with religious beliefs,and find out the possible cause for the phenomenon so as to prove that it is crucially important to attach great importance to taboo knowledge in history research.