CAJ | 학술논문

始于三皇五帝的中国皇权现念在春秋战国时期得到儒、法两家的理论支持，并在秦汉两代臻于完善。与以君主为政治目的的法家不同，儒家在理论上将皇权置于礼教的完整体系之内。通过一套系统的礼仪规则，儒家在维护皇权的同时，试图对皇权加以秉性的制约，明初建立的服饰制度就是这种思想的体现。这套制度在明朝前期收到了稳定统治的功效。然而，由于缺少有力的维护机制，以服制为代表的明初礼制在明中期以后就失去了约束力。明代服制的兴衰既反映了程朱以来儒家思想在制约皇权上的积极性，也反映了其固有的局限性。
시우삼황오제적중국황권현념재춘추전국시기득도유、법량가적이론지지，병재진한량대진우완선。여이군주위정치목적적법가불동，유가재이론상장황권치우례교적완정체계지내。통과일투계통적례의규칙，유가재유호황권적동시，시도대황권가이병성적제약，명초건립적복식제도취시저충사상적체현。저투제도재명조전기수도료은정통치적공효。연이，유우결소유력적유호궤제，이복제위대표적명초례제재명중기이후취실거료약속력。명대복제적흥쇠기반영료정주이래유가사상재제약황권상적적겁성，야반영료기고유적국한성。
Chinese concept of imperial power, originated from the time of The Three August Ones and Five Emperors, is supported by theories of Confucians and Legalists and developed during Qin and Han Dynasty. Different from Legalists who hold emperors to be the end of politics, Confucians put imperial power within the whole system of ceremony. By adoption of a set of cerenomial regulation, Confucians try to restrain imperial power flexibly as well as maintain it. The establishment of the costume system in early Ming Dynasty is the embodiment of this idea. It stablizes the rule in early Ming Dynasty. However, due to the lack of powerful maintenance, it looses its control later. The rise and fall of the system reflects the active part of Confucianism represented by CHEN and ZHU in restraining the imperial power and also its intrinsic limitation.