中国传统居丧禁忌既规范与约束着丧属的言行,防止他们肆无忌惮僭越礼法,警醒他们专心守孝缅怀逝者,同时也体现出礼制对居丧者身心的关怀,内涵着化解和舒缓居丧者哀痛身心的悲伤抚慰功能。通过语言、服饰、饮食起居、婚丧嫁娶、生产劳动等方面的禁忌考察,可以看到中国传统居丧禁忌与西方的悲伤辅导理论是殊途同归的。 Traditional Chinese mourning taboo not only regulates and restrain the words and deeds of bereaved families, but also prevents them from unscrupulously evade the etiquette and remonstrance, reminds them to concentrate their attention on filial piety and cherishes the memory of the deceased, and at the same time shows the care of the mourning people by means of courtesy. Sad comfort function. Through taboo investigations on language, costumes, diet, weddings and funerals, production and labor, we can see that the Chinese tradition of bereavement taboos is the same as that of the western theory of sadistic counseling.