摘要
丁忧制度是中国古代一项重要的礼制,即遇到直系尊亲逝世时,人们要居家守丧,官员更是要主动申请离职守丧三年。但因为贪恋权位,一些官员便做出有悖“孝道”的行为,即营求夺情或起复,甚至匿丧。在宋朝,官员的这种不孝行为不仅会遭到社会舆论的抨击,更会成为反对派攻击的把柄,从而使丁忧制度成为宋朝党争的利器,这在李定匿丧和史嵩之营求起复事件中表现得最为突出。
Abstract
Ding-you system is an important ancient Chinese ritual. Encountered lineal ascendant died, people kept in home mourning, and officials have to voluntarily apply for leave mourning for three years. But addicted to power and position, some officials would make a contrary of “filial piety” behavior, such as seeking Mourning or “Qifu”, even hide funeral. In the Song Dynasty, this lack of filial piety acts not only would have been criticized by public opinion, it would also been criticized by rivals, so that Ding-you system has become an weapon of party struggles. In the incident of Li Ding hide mourning and Shi Songzhi seeking Qifu, this phenomenon becomes most outstanding.
基金项目
教育部人文社会科学研究项目(12YJA770011)