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Why should the system of three wives and four concubines be abolished in modern times?

From ancient times to the present day, the marriage event is something that everyone must go through, there is no one!

Whether male or female, when they reach the right age they will be arranged by their family to get married. When a man is old enough to get married, a woman is old enough to get married, and no one dares to refuse the matter of reproducing offspring.

Time back to ancient times, not to mention the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the previous dynasties, are handed down from generation to generation of customs, although different, but is much the same.

Ancient rich official family, can do three wives and four concubines, although some of the words, but not much, is that the poor family at that time, a man has two wives.

Many ancient wars, deaths and injuries are very large, so most of the men went to war, again, before marrying two more wives, and then used to pass on the family, to put it mildly is a large area of casting nets, selective fishing, there is a pregnant, that means that they have a posterior!

If a man is unfortunate enough to die in battle, the wife of the family has a child counted as a dependency, and the second is to take care of the old mother at home.

Looking back to modern times, monogamy is practiced, but even so, there are many bachelors in our country.

First of all, the improvement of the cultural level, coupled with complete education and the implementation of late marriage and late childbearing, so that people's minds also have a greater openness.

It has already been said that the ratio of men to women is now out of balance, and if the ancient system of three wives and four concubines is continued, a man will have to support a family, not to mention enjoying the love of men and women, and will have to be exhausted just to support the family, not to mention leaving a descendant.

But then again, although now there is no three wives and four concubines system, but compared to the ancient times, there has been no better ah.