Combining the evolution of ancient traditional culture Analyzing the reasons for the evolution of the concept of women's chastity in various periods

From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States to the early Western Han Dynasty, due to frequent wars, the population is not much constraint on women's chastity, from the princes and nobles to the people, wild sex, adultery and incest, remarriage is not uncommon, such as Lv Buwei and the first emperor of Qin Shi Huang's mother, Chen Ping stole his sister-in-law, the emperor of Han Wu Di, his aunt, Princess Tantao, Princess Pingyang stored face, the emperor of Han Wu Di, his mother was not a virgin when he entered the palace, and a lot of time It was the emperor who took the initiative to let his sister and sister remarried. At this time, generally only moral condemnation of adultery and incest, but in the law there is still a lot of room for maneuver, the community is not looking very strict.

From the Western Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty revered Confucianism, the Confucian theory of "human decency" began to play a role in the chastity of women began to have specific requirements, but it is not very serious. The Eastern Han Dynasty began, the big families began to ascend to the stage of history, Confucian theory requires further development, the big families began to hereditary hold on the court, the purity of the lineage is more and more important, the wife as private property, the chastity of women began to pay attention to up, but does not pay attention to whether or not it is a virgin, the focus is on whether or not to maintain the chastity of the marriage, whether or not the heir is pure. Cao Cao was happy to see Cao Pi marry a daughter-in-law from the Yuan family.

The Northern and Southern Dynasties of the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties of the Han Dynasty saw the further development of the lineage and the further strictness of the chastity of women. The daughters of the great lineages were disgraced if they were not virgins before they married, and it was even more shameful if adultery took place after marriage, as in the case of Empress Xiao Zhaoye of the Southern Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty was characterized by a strong hu style, and the concept of chastity was not highly valued.

Song dynasty Confucianism, especially after the prevalence of Cheng Zhu theory, women's chastity became very strict, "at home from the father, married from the husband, husband died from the son" concept is widely practiced, and even happened to the woman's hand was touched by another man, and was asked by the father to cut off the thing. Women who have premarital sex and adultery after marriage to be immersed in a pigsty are the Song Dynasty, especially the Southern Song Dynasty began. From the Song Dynasty, there were pagodas of chastity, and the concept of chastity for women was encouraged at the government level. The Yuan Dynasty had little control over the people, but Han control over women's chastity was further intensified by the decree that Mongols had the right to the first night. Ming and Qing dynasties, but also the prevalence of Cheng Zhu theory dynasty, the requirements of women's chastity, a generation than a generation of harsh, into an unmarried adult woman on the street with strange men to talk to has also become a taboo, not to mention sexual behavior.