Family and Society in the Tang Dynasty

Family and Society in the Tang Dynasty

by Zhang Guogang

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This book is an academic monograph that studies family history and related social issues in the Tang Dynasty. The author collects various historical materials such as handed down documents, epitaph stone carvings, and unearthed documents, and conducts in-depth discussions on important issues such as family structure, marital status, family property analysis, livelihood and home furnishings in the Tang Dynasty with an empirical attitude. He also analyzes the relationship between husband and wife, parents and children, and various aspects of women's life It conducted a rigorous and detailed investigation in many aspects, made a high-level summary of social phenomena such as secular beliefs, family ethics, etiquette, marriage, and marriage, and extended the discussion on many aspects closely related to the family living environment, such as the legal system and rural social grassroots management. At the same time, the author pays attention to the construction of theory, starting from the three dimensions of social history, legal history, and economic history, and proposes a series of important concepts such as "dual system compound family form" and "the two-way movement of medieval ritual and legal culture downwards", which has laid a solid foundation for further in-depth related research.

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