浅议两汉皇室婚姻的变迁

汉代是中国封建婚姻的奠基时期，其中最有代表性的是两汉皇室婚姻。其形致多姿、特点迥异，具体表现为西汉时期皇室婚姻不论贵贱、不重贞操、不拘辈分，而东汉时期皇室婚姻则变得审慎、制度化。这一变化的产生是由两汉社会经济基础和思想文化背景的变迁造成的，即社会经济基础由西汉时期的小农经济发展为东汉时期的大地主庄园经济；思想文化背景由西汉初期对儒家传统道德的轻视和社会风俗的放纵不羁发展到东汉时期的儒术独尊和知礼守节。

The Changes of ImperialMarriage in the Han Dynasty

The imperial marriage of the Han dynasty is very important in the history of Chinese feudal marriage. It should be made clear that the imperial marriage of the Western Han was different from that of the Eastern Han. The imperial marriage in the Western Han was freer and unconstrained, while that of the Eastern Han was more careful and disciplinarian. This phenomenon emerged because the economic base and culture changed in the Eastern Han. The economic base of the western Han is Small Scale peasant economy and its culture is indulgence; whereas the economic base of the Eastern Han is landlord economy and its culture is courtesy.