论唐代纳妾制度

唐代纳妾主要出干四个方面的原因，即无子、相悦、代妻和纵欲。纳妾需要经过一定的程序，其中家人同意、订立契约一般是必需的，媒人中介在很多情况下可能也是必要的。纳妾有助干实现古代婚姻的目的，也可以为某些人提供生活的帮助、感情的慰藉，但其对家庭关系的消极影响也相当明显，主要表现为容易引起妻妾矛看、影响夫妻关系和导致其他家庭冲突。纳妾制度在今天已无可取之处．但并不能因此就否认其在古人的生活中曾经起过积极作用。

Comments on the System of Marrying Concubine in Tang Dynasty

In Tang Dynasty, because of having no son, love, replacing wife or lechery, many men would marry concubine. It demands some processes to marry concubine. First of all, it must be approved by the parents or wife. Secondly, it needs to enter a contract about marrying concubine. In many cases, it perhaps is essential with the help of matchmaker. In Tang Dynasty, marrying concubine is not always bad thing, because it can help to obtain the marital aim and provide some comfort for the man who lived in the non - emotional marriage. However, marrying concubine often produced bad influence on the household relations, such as producing contradiction among wife and concubines, making the relation between husband and wife becoming worse and leading to other household conflicts.