The Etiquette Regulation Of Official Funeral In Tang Dynasty

The funeral system of tang dynasty was basically becoming mature,so it had a profound influence on the construction of funeral system of later generations.As an ancient social class,the officials of the tang dynasty were different from those of the previous dynasties.A considerable part of them came from the humble gate,instead of being selected through the examination system and the nine-pin system.And that changed their status.Therefore,it is essential for its research.Tang dynasty official funeral regulation in absorbing the funeral regulation from the zhou dynasty to weijin south and north dynasties,formed a relatively complete,institutional constraints funeral etiquette and law regulation,through written etiquette and emperor,and tried to set up the corresponding regulations,for the official funeral objects,and the funeral rites to constraint.Among them,the funeral ceremony as the basis,and the emperor's administrative decree as a supplement and perfect.However,in the funeral rites for the official standard shall be applicable to the specific process,the general situation,the emperor often according to the official demise died of different time node,the funeral regulation changes,for sitting on demise officials who died,the emperor tend to preferential treatment,and ZhiShi officials,will be according to the different reasons of ZhiShi for distinguishing funeral regulation.Under some special circumstances,the emperor often made personal decisions on meritorious and criminal officials,whether for the sake of their memorial and mourning,or for the sake of political struggles.As a result,the emperor's administrative orders strengthened the interference in the funeral of officials,and the different regulations on the funeral of officials in the ritual and decrees formed a fluctuating state of the regulations on the funeral of officials.This paper mainly through the way of chart analysis,to show the column for the official rules and regulations of funeral rites,mainly for official funeral regulation before the tang dynasty,the basic rules of official funeral in tang dynasty and the tang dynasty official funeral regulation,the paper analyses the general situation and the special circumstances,and ultimately for official funeral rites regulation of funeral culture is the reasons of errors occurring in reverse,officials have the right to appeal and compromise makes for the imperial power.