论魏晋时期的继母子关系

魏晋时期继母子之间的关系由激烈冲突转入相对和谐状态。继母子关系的缓和主要表现在继子的退让。这种变化的原因主要是在魏晋“以孝治天下”的基本国策下,士族子弟以“孝”作为维护“累世公卿”特权及追求名利的手段,加上继母出身比较高,继母子之间的关系已完全融入了“孝道”之中,所以继母子之间的关系由冲突转入和谐的状态是必然的。

The Relationship Between Stepmothers and Stepsons in the Wei and Jin Dynasties

In the Wei and Jin dynasties, the relationship between stepmothers and stepsons changed from a tense one into a harmonious one, which found expression in stepsons'giving way to stepmothers. At that time, "ruling a country by filial piety" was adopted as the basic national policy and some aristocrats safeguarded their privileges and seeked fame and gain by showing filial obedience to their stepmothers of noble class origin. This necessarily resulted in the change.