The influence to prosperity of family caused by the inheritance of ancestor worship、property and power-A case study of Ko's family in New Taipei.

[[abstract]]本文試圖從祖先崇拜、財產繼承與權力轉換的角度分析，一位大家長的過世，對於家族內外勢力的轉換與消長。首先簡單回顧關於祖先崇拜、財產繼承的相關文獻，然後探討祖先崇拜的方式與財產繼承的相互影響，接下來回顧權力與家族的相關文獻，並探討這三者之間的關連性。本研究將以新北市東明區柯老先生 家族的個案為例，將柯老先生過世後，家族所面臨的關於祖先祭拜、財產分配的問題提出討論，並比較柯老先生生前主辦妻子的喪禮與死後長子為他舉辦的喪禮，這兩場告別式在世代交替過程中家族內外權力及勢力的消長。 進而筆者探討一個在家族與社會頗具威望的人過世後，其子孫在香火、名位與財產繼承型態的角力過程中，以及權力的轉換與流動對整個家族內外勢力所產生的影響，最後並以台北市汪氏家族作為比較對象，比較兩個時間相差20年但面臨相同問題的家族，在祖先崇拜、財產繼承與家族發展上的差異。 This article is about ancestor worship,analyses of property and power,and how influence the prosperity of a family the death of an important elder in a family. First,there are literature reviews about ancestor worship property heritance and transference of power,Next,there are analyses of how these three things react with each others. Finally,Taipei Wang's family and New Taipei Ko's family were compared and the differences between the two families,which faced the same problems of ancestor worship,property inheritance and transference of power,were described. In this study,a case study of Ko's family in New Taipei was researched. After Mr.Ko's death,his family faced the problems of ancestor worship,property and power. The way they solve these problems were described. This study focuses on the process of ancestor worship,property inheritance and the transference of power and the impact to the prosperity of a family after an important elder in the family died