“归”反映的婚嫁习俗——兼谈“家、室”与对偶婚制

Marriage Customs Reflected by "Gui" --also on "Jia" "Shi" and Paring Marriage System

通过分析汉字“归、家、室”所反映出的婚嫁习俗 ,说明这些婚姻形式主要是在《诗经》及其以后的年代 ,它以一夫一妻制为主要形式。该形式以男权为主 ,女嫁到男家。女以有夫为有家 ,男以妻为室为家。并非人类社会学家所论述的处于母系社会向父系社会过度时期的偶婚制 ,即婚姻关系不确定 ,男到女家的走婚或夜访婚形式。

Through an analysis of the Chinese words 'gui', 'jia' and 'shi' and the marriage customs they reflect, the author points out that these marriage customs are marked by the one-husband-one wife form, a form of marriage in which the male dominated the family. This is not the period of transition from the matriarchal society to the patriarchal society during which there were no definite marriage relationships, as mentioned by some anthropologists.