清代江西溺女风俗中的"奢嫁"问题

奢嫁之风是清代江西社会奢靡风气的一种表现,也是明清商品经济发展的产物,商品经济越发达的地区嫁资越昂贵;同时,在传统社会中,嫁妆是女儿在诸子平均析产方式下间接参与娘家财产分配的最常用的方式,因而富裕人家为了防止女儿分割财产,更愿意采取溺女这种方式来维持他们原有的经济地位和社会地位."奢嫁"是当时社会各阶层尤其是富裕阶层溺女的主要经济原因.

Extra-dowry in the Custom of Infanticide in Jiangxi in Qing Dynasty

The fundamental reason why the custom of infanticide prevailed in rich families and the main reason why infanticide happened in poor families in Jiangxi in Qing Dynasty is the custom of extra-dowry, which is the result of the development of commodity economy in Ming and Qing Dynasty. The dowry was more expensive in more developed district in commodity economy. At the same time, gaining dowry was the most popular way for the daughter to attend the property distribution in their family. In order to avoid daughters' sharing of property, the rich families tended to commit infanticide to maintain their primary economical and social status.