后宫的政治使命——兼论现代第一夫人制度

The Political Mission of the Imperial Harem——Research on the First Lady in Modern Times

后妃,是中国传统社会女性中的特殊阶层,其身份的特殊性注定她们与政治有着千丝万缕的联系。在皇权至高无上的古代社会,后妃主动或被动的参与政治的活动中,自成一套规模宏大、建制完备、等级森严的后宫制度。时至今日作为现代政坛衍生物的第一夫人制度也日渐成为一种特殊的政治制度,第一夫人在政治决策和外交活动中发挥日益重要的作用。

The empress and imperial concubines are special stratum in the ancient society, meanwhile, it seems that these women are doomed to have intricate relationship with the politics. In the society with concentrated imperial power, the imperial harem joined the politics actively or positively, which formed a set of system.Today, the First Lady system has become a sort of special political system, and is playing an important role.