魏晉南朝 妾生母를 위한 服喪論 변화

Abstract

Traditionally the social rank of a concubine was low, and she had been discriminated against in the mourning service from her children. Some people, especially the children of emperor and feudal lords, could not even wear a mourning dress for his concubine birth mother by the high position of his father, while children of lawful wife were in mourning for their birth mother one or three years. This system was against the human nature feelings, so many people including specialists in ritual pointed out the issue. Finally there were some changes in mourning system for concubine birth mother in Wei-Jin and Southern Dynasties. The new system allowed their children to wear a mourning dress for their concubine birth mothers. This changes reflected the transition of the times that attach greater importance to human nature than to cause.