Abstract:Under the rubric of "rite and law" in the Tang Dynasty and the influence of open and inclusive social customs, wives were treated both "as part of a whole with their Husbands" and as a humble minor. They not only had the rights to divorce, remarry, property ownership, household management, but also performed duties including acting as a family host, reproducing heir and participating in worshipping ancestors of their husbands'. In the evolution from humility to respect in the complex patriarchal familial system, the wives held a relatively stable balanced position. The imperial government maintained its rule and social stability through regulating the family system of superiority and inferiority.
李红. 从权利与义务的视角浅析唐代家庭中妻的地位*[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2015, 0(1): 48-54.
LI Hong. Analysis of Wife's Family Status in the Tang Dynasty from the Perspective of Rights and Obligations. , 2015, 0(1): 48-54.