An Analysis Of Women's Property Inheritance System In Song Dynasty

The status of women in Song Dynasty was more powerful than that in other dynasties.Women in Song Dynasty were more independent in inheriting property than other dynasties.In Song criminal system and minggongshudingqingmingji,women in Song Dynasty were more independent in inheriting property There are a lot of contents about women's inheritance in Song Dynasty in the collection of official laws and folk cases.Based on the content of women's different status married women and divorced women with marriage as the node.Women with different status have different connections with their father's family and husband's family.Under the influence of Zong Yi's inheritance system,whether the father's family is "hujue" and whether the husband's family is "raising children" have a great influence on women's property inheritance rights.Under the conditions of hujue and raising children for the husband's family,women can often obtain greater property inheritance rights.But even in the Song Dynasty,when women's status was greatly improved,not all women had the right to inherit property.After a woman got married or remarried,her original right to inherit property from her father's family and husband's family was no longer protected by law.In judicial practice,the government rarely fought for her right to inherit property.When a woman loses her marriage,she will return to her father's or husband's home and become a family member again.At this time,the Song government will protect their property inheritance rights properly based on the law of reason and reason.Under the social framework of "patriarchal system",the government of Song Dynasty gave special legal protection to women who were in a relatively inferior position in property inheritance,which laid a foundation for the comprehensive and systematic regulation of the inheritance conditions and shares of female heirs in feudal later generations,and had profound social significance and influence.