The ancients said three wives and four concubines. Which three wives and four concubines are they?

Mention the ancients? Three wives and four concubines? 、? Men with wives and concubines are easily excited, thinking that they were born at the wrong time and envied the ancients. In fact, you think too much, these are the products of ignorance and backwardness, and they are the dregs of the feudal era when men are superior to women.

First,? Three wives and four concubines? It is the patent of feudal emperors and rulers.

The emperor has seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, but there is only one queen.

Who is the bannerman? Hire nine women? ：

Biography of the Spring and Autumn Ram records:? who is it? When a vassal marries a country, the two countries will go there, and their nephews will follow. Who is the nephew? So is my brother's son. who is it? Female brother also. When a bannerman hired nine women, he stopped marrying them. ?

When a vassal marries the daughter of a country, the woman wants her niece and sister to marry her. At the same time, two vassal States with the same surname each invited a woman to marry him, and they had to bring their nieces and sisters, so that nine daughters got married at one time. Who is the daughter of a vassal state with the same surname? Zuo Wei? , one is? Right? so this is it？ A vassal marries nine women, and the two countries get married? Exit system. Mi Yue legendary Mi Yue married the king of Qin and became Mi Zhu's sister. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan's mother married Sun Jian with her sister.

Governors in the Spring and Autumn Period can marry nine women at a time, while others are not treated so well. According to the Dictatorship written by Cai Yong, a historian of the Han Dynasty? Doctor Qing, one wife and two concubines? You can marry eight concubines unless you make special contributions. You have to have eight concubines to be sealed? .

Of course, many wealthy businessmen and celebrities still have many concubines.

Ordinary people, namely Shu Ren, are monogamous.

Second, there are many wives and concubines.

In fact, ancient China? Monogamy and polygamy? . Strictly speaking, there is only one wife, also called the real wife or the first wife. The rest are concubines. ? Three wives and four concubines? If you talk too much, it's all empty Stick to the real point, right? One wife, two wives and four concubines? . Only the wife holds the ceremony of marrying the bride and getting married, and the wife has the highest status. What is the so-called? Bad wives don't sue? No matter how favored you are, you are not allowed to enter the room. We call each other's mothers honorifics? Your mother? , it is with this meaning.

Wife, a man who is officially hired to get married, holds a grand wedding ceremony. When the wife gets married, her sister or cousin is the wing room, and her status is higher than other concubines. Personal maid and husband's maid are concubines. Concubines also have strict grades.

The children born to the wife are illegitimate children, and the rest are illegitimate children, with great differences in status and rank. Only those who leave office are eligible for hereditary titles and inheritance rights. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Tan Chun and his younger brother Jia Huan are concubines, while Tan Chun strives for the respect of others by virtue of his own strength and ability.

Various reasons have caused intrigue between wives and concubines, jealousness and jealousy, and fighting with each other. Really not enviable!

Of course, these troubles only belong to the emperor and the upper class, and the common people are monogamous, hardworking and quiet.

Thirdly, monogamy is a manifestation of social progress.

In ancient times, in matrilineal clan era, women were in charge of tribal affairs. The basic characteristics of matrilineal clan marriage are: always taking matrilineal blood relationship as the link. The early form of marriage was group marriage. Because of exogamy, husband and wife live in their respective matriarchal clans, and their marriage life takes the form of husband visiting his wife. Children live in the mother's house and belong to the matriarchal clan, and their lineage and property inheritance depend on the matriarchal family.

Primitive tribal humans "make up for the lack of individual self-defense ability with the joint efforts and collective actions of groups." Engels: the origin of family, private ownership and state.

Later, it developed from consanguineous group marriage to non-ethnic group marriage.

A group of men in one group and a group of women in another group collectively marry each other, while men and women in the group are forbidden to marry. It was produced in the middle and late Paleolithic period and developed from consanguineous marriage. It is usually practiced between different phratries and clans. This form of marriage has existed in the history of Asia, Europe and America.

The Yuan Dynasty expressly stipulated that only monogamy was allowed, and only those without heirs could legally propose concubinage. The premise is that after 40 years old, the wife can't take care of the children, and taking a concubine without permission will be severely punished by law. However, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, concubinage was strictly demanded by the common people.

The Ming dynasty was also monogamous. Only the prince allowed by the emperor can marry nine concubines, while the county king is limited to three. Ordinary people don't even have a chance to take concubines. Therefore, film and television use exaggerated methods, and money cannot be used to bully men and women.

Now men and women are equal and monogamous, creating a happy life together. This is true happiness. Don't envy the sentimentality of the ancients, it is the best choice to cherish the talents in front of you.