On The Combination Of Etiquette And Law In The Marriage And Family System Of The Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty,as the most prosperous Dynasty in Chinese feudal history,was not only prosperous in economy,stable in politics,brilliant in culture,but also unprecedented in compiling codes.Tang law has always been regarded as a master of feudal law.The combination of etiquette and law is the greatest feature in the ancient legal history of our country,and the Tang law's "conforming to etiquette and getting the balance between ancient and modern" further shows us the high integration of etiquette and law in the Tang Dynasty.Marriage and family is the most basic unit of human social life,and in the history of such rigorous patriarchal hierarchy in ancient China,the legislation of marriage and family has an important position.In early China,marriage and family relations only existed as a social atmosphere and moral concept,but in the Tang Dynasty,it was formally established in the form of law.The marriage and family legislation of the natural Tang Dynasty law also embodies the characteristics of the combination of etiquette and law.Its integration of etiquette and law has played an important role in the history of Chinese etiquette system with historical inclusiveness and the particularity of the times.The research on the combination of marriage and family etiquette and law in Tang Dynasty can not only help us understand the legal system and related ethical norms of marriage and family in Tang Dynasty,but also understand the positive and negative effects of marriage and family etiquette system in Tang Dynasty on social life.It is also a new foothold to study the characteristics of the combination of law and law in Tang Dynasty.This article will analyze the unity of etiquette and law in the legislation of marriage and family in Tang law from four parts.The first part will outline the connotation of etiquette and law in China and its historical process.The second part will describe the Tang Dynasty's specific marriage system and the integration of etiquette and law(mainly from the aspects of marriage conclusion,dissolution and marital status).The third part will elaborate on the specific family system of Tang Dynasty and the integration of etiquette and law embodied in it(mainly including male superiority to female superiority,patriarchal supremacy,patriarchal rights,the improvement of female family status,the relationship between parents and children,etc.).The fourth part will describe the reasons for the combination of marriage and family system etiquette and law in the Tang Dynasty,including the restriction of the norms of Gangchang etiquette and education on marriage system,the need to develop economy and consolidate centralization,the weakening of the orthodox status of Confucianism and the invasion of the legacy of the Hu nationality,the guarantee of the combination of Tang law and etiquette,and the boosting role of Wu Zetia?The fifth part describes the historical significance of the combination of etiquette and law in Tang Law's marriage and family legal system for today's society;Tang Law inherits the legislative achievements since the Han Dynasty and imitates them for the surrounding areas.The study of marriage and family system in this period of high integration of etiquette and law can be seen from a small family to everyone,even from "self-cultivation,family alignment,governing the country,and so on".Calm the world.