本文對總數約 700 方的現存魏晉南北朝時期的墓誌銘進行了整理,從中提取該時代有關婚姻關係的 423 條進行分析考察,從「夫人」和「妻」稱謂的區別、外命婦制度的發展史、元妻和繼妻的地位比較,這三個方面具體地分析還原了魏晉南北朝時期女性,尤其是貴族女性真實的社會地位和婚姻狀況。

This paper gathers 700 epitaphs from the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, finding 423 marital relations in the era for analysis. It then analyzes the women’s (especially aristocratic women) social and marital status in this period, particularly from the following three aspects: the difference between the title “furen” 夫人 and “qi” 妻, the history of the development of the system of wai mingfu 外命婦, and the comparison between the status of an original wife and the second wife.

魏晉南北朝；墓誌銘；女性群像；社會地位；婚姻狀況

Wei; Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties; epitaphs; depiction of women; female social status; marital status