“初夜权”的俗源及其演变王心喜今天，人们一提及历史上遍布世界各地的“初夜权”现象时，总觉得这是非常野蛮和声名狼藉的事情。其实，我们只要通过对世界各地行使初夜权的起源、特点等历史事实，作一番分析和研究后，就会对初夜权现象予以理解：即我们不能用今天文明人... Popular Sources and Evolution of “Initial Right” WANG Xin-xi Today, people often find this barbaric and notorious when they refer to the “first-night-power” phenomenon that has spread all over the world in history. In fact, once we analyze and study historical facts such as the origin and characteristics of the exercise of the right of first night in various parts of the world, we can understand the phenomenon of the right of first refusal: we can not use today’s civilized people ...