Tang Dynasty, The Separation And Analysis Of Production

For a family, being an important link of oneself operating mechanism and life cycle, breaking up the family and living apart compose in two aspects: dividing of family possessions and living in a separate house in content generally. Therefore, dividing house would not only related to inheritance of a family possessions, but also the management of househould, the imposition and apportion of taxes and obligation, even go against traditional Chinese mainstream culture. The rulers during the past dynasties have adopted certain policies to interfere with dividing house out of their respective ruling purposes, which makes break- up of the family and living apart were in progress both in government policy and popular convention on the surface, the two faces above were interactive and integrating ceaselessly.On the basis of reviewing the state of dividing house before Tang Dynasty, the thesis is to make an integrated study mainly on dividing house in Tang Dynasty in four aspacts: The first part is to discuss the basic policy of the rulers on dividing house. The second part is to discuss the means of the dividing house in Tang Dynasty. The third part is the principle of the dividing house, the four part is the rights and interests of women during the process of the dividing house in Tang Dynasty. Besides, the thesis is to sum up simply the cause of dividing house, the characteristic of dividing house in Tang Dynasty, and the effect of dividing house in Tang Dynasty on family, state, and Chinese history.To view the state of dividing house in macroscopic, the policies of the rulers before Tang dynasties on dividing house have changed unceasingly due to their respective ruling needs. The extent of restricts that the ruler in Tang Dynasty on dividing house was rather hard, Simultaneously, it was also a great change comparing to the past corresponding policies, and had a great effect on the dynasties later. To view it in microcosmic, different way of dividing house coexisted in each history periods. During the Tang Dynasty, despite of some way of dividing house was prohibited by Tang state, for some family, they are still their reasonal choices. The way of inheritance of family possesses after the death of parents and the way in advance near the death of parents had rather popular in Tang Dynasty, which were reflected by rather complete documents. To divide family possesses equally among all the sons having the same father was the basic principle in Tang Dynasty, Which has absolute, relativity and no thoroughness in being put into effect. In Tang Dynasty, the principle not only was carried out in popular convention, but also ensured by the law, which advanced the principle more popular and had especially far-reaching effect on Chinese society history thereby. Effected by the concept of preference of boys to girls, the female in Tang Dynasty can not enjoy equal rights and interests during the process of the inheritance of family possesses comparing to the male, But that does not deprive the female of family possessions right of inheritance completely, they are to enjoy this rights and interests in a proper way or in specially appointed family in the form.