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Who first founded arranged marriage?

In ancient China, arranged children and inferior marriages were regarded as the privileges of parents and elders by etiquette. "Parents' orders" and "matchmaker's words" are essential elements of marriage. The "Six Rites" originated from the slave society, namely, accepting gifts, asking names, taking concubines, accepting gifts, inviting parties and welcoming relatives (see feudal marriage system), provided a foundation for arranged marriages in etiquette. The laws of feudal dynasties all have provisions on the right to marry. On the Tang Law: Family marriage stipulates that parents and other legal elders are children and they are the marriage leaders of the younger generation. In the second year of Ming Hongwu (1369), he ordered: "All marriages are arranged by grandparents and parents. Grandparents and parents without parents were married from relatives. "