清末民初甘肃省婚姻习惯评析

清末民初的民商事习惯调查运动波及全国各地,调查内容之广泛、组织之严密可谓空前绝后。以前南京国民政府司法行政部所编辑的《民商事习惯调查报告录》为基本研究资料,对清末民初甘肃省的婚姻习惯进行简要评析,内容主要涉及婚姻预约、同姓相婚、孀妇改嫁、特殊婚习、婚姻解除等方面。通过剖析各项习惯的利弊得失,以期对进一步完善今天婚姻制度有所启迪。

Comments on Marrital Practices in Gansu at the Turn of Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China

The survey of the civil & commercial practices at the turn of Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China is indeed influential either in range,content,or in organization,covering every part of China then.The paper tends to analyze the marital practices in Gansu Province at that time with reference to A Survey Report of Civil & Commercial Practices issued by Judicial Department,the late Nanjing Kuomintang Government.It is outlined into the matrimonial appointment,the marriage between those of the same surname,the remarriage of widows with their babies,special marital custom,marital renouncement,and so on.In expounding the bad and good sides of the practices concerned,the paper intends to shed light on the implications for the present-day matrimonial system.