Huan Hai rejoices in the common mengda, royal celebration and heavenly length.
The ancient nobles, the Xiang family is not what is called today's three wives and four concubines system, in fact, it is generally a monogamous concubine system, this system is more conducive to the growth of their own family, but also recognized by the world at that time, is a common thing in ancient society.
However, this system must determine the wife, and thus determine the concubine, so that we can look forward to the future of the concubine, and the world knows that the status of the concubine is higher than that of the concubine, so the question is, who is the higher status of the concubine and the concubine?
If you want to know the difference between concubines, you must start with wives and concubines.
Wife, wife and husband also. It can be seen that in the ancient books, there is also an exposition of the equal status of men and women. also. The broom word next to the woman means to engage in housework. Husband means husband, and in ancient times it also meant official.
This sentence perfectly explains the ancient relationship between husband and wife in our country, which should be a state of respect for each other and a concept of equal status.
The wife has full control over the property, children, subordinates, etc. of the family, and the wife can only have one, and is also a "formal" spouse.
This formal relationship requires formal formalities, and must be through the "order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker", a series of ceremonies from the acceptance of the bride price to the greeting of relatives, but also to worship the uncle, and even to sacrifice the temple, so that the woman who is being married by the media is the wife of the noble and upright.
Such a wife, both in terms of name and treatment, will be protected by "etiquette" and "law", and has a completely unattainable and irreplaceable status of concubines.
Concubines, on the other hand, are the "informal" spouses of men, and the relationship is also "informal". Concubines also come from different sources, even stealing, robbing, cheating, borrowing, and so on, of course, there are also parents who agree, even so, such concubines also have a huge gap with their wives.
The history books record that the concubines, receiving also, received Yukiya with a lowly view. It can be seen that the status of concubines is very low.
The husband's family and his wife's family have close ties and can work together to do business or politics. The concubine family has nothing to do with the husband's family at all. In this way, the husband and the concubine are no longer husband and wife in name.
There are also differences in title, the wife's title in the house is "lady", while the concubine is generally "aunt", and it is absolutely not allowed to call lady.
In ancient divorce, husbands had to go through the consent of their parents, and it was very casual to take a concubine, and the wife could also take a concubine, so the status of a concubine was very low.
In "Knowing or Not", everyone hangs up their concubines and concubines, why is this? What is the difference between 嫡和庶?
Taking the Song Dynasty as an example, the feudal wind blew into the Great Song Dynasty, and the influence of the mother's position on the children was crucial, and in turn, the mother was also established by virtue of the child.
Concubines have absolute power in inheriting titles and property. Even if the wife has no children, it is still possible to decide which branch of the family's title and status will ultimately belong.
Somewhat similar to the current law, in other words, if the husband dies without leaving a will, then the power of the family is in the hands of the wife, and the concubine at this time has no right to speak at all, and she absolutely cannot do it for her son to seek the property or official position in the hands of her husband.
When a good man comes out, he will eat wine and meat and then turn back, which is the ancient wife's admonition to the concubine.
The status gap between concubines and concubines is like this, so there is also a gap between concubines.
There are three types of concubines, namely concubines and concubines, and successors.
The first two have a certain status and can be recorded on the family tree, so the wife and childless can choose heirs on the family tree.
Whether a concubine gives birth to a child or a concubine gives birth to a child, it is the orthodox bloodline of the husband, but the step-son has no status.
The step-son is a son who has no children and no daughters when the husband and wife are alive, and finds the son who is close to the blood of the same clan and is established as the step-son. Zhao Zongquan in "Knowing or Not" is the step-son.
If the husband and wife die, then all the property, titles, etc. will be given to the stepson, not the concubine and the concubine.
In ancient times, the stepson had the right to inherit, which was explicitly required in the "rites" and "laws".
Shuzi may not be the eldest son for three years and shall not succeed the ancestors. The narrative in the Rites also illustrates the difference between concubines.
We all know that in ancient times, the status of the concubine line was much higher than that of the shu family, and the inferiority of men over women was also a tradition in ancient times. So who has a higher status than a concubine?
The answer to this question in many articles has its own advantages and uncertainties, and unlike concubines, concubines and concubines actually have different status under different conditions.
If both parties are young and in a very high status at birth. Generally speaking, the status of a concubine is higher than that of a concubine.
When she was young, her daughter-in-law was not yet married, and her parents loved her very much, and the degree of pampering was even higher than that of her concubine.
In ancient times, many officials had such examples among princes, Liu Bang's wife Lü Hou had a son and a daughter, and her daughter was Princess Lu Yuan, who was loved by hundreds of officials.
Liu Bang's son-in-law was Liu Fei, and in a place far from the capital, Liu Bang made him king.
Once, Liu Fei verbally offended the princess and almost suffered the disaster of extinction, and later, under the persuasion of many officials, he gave Princess Lu Yuan countless treasures and jewelry to save his life and title.
And if the concubine marries, or is not born in a very high-status family, it will lead to the status of the concubine being much higher than that of the concubine.
One is that a concubine has no right to inherit, and even if she is born into the royal family, she does not have any right to inherit the relevant interests such as title, property, and reputation, while the concubine has the right to inherit.
The second is that they cannot be officials, and the fate of not having a marquis and worshiping them greatly limits their status, and if they lack the help of the imperial family or the three dukes and nine secretaries, then even if they are concubines, their lives will be miserable.
The third is that you need to marry, and after you get married, you will not have a close relationship with your own family. As you get older, even princesses have a day to marry. If, like Wang Zhaojun, she marries to Saiwai, then her status in the imperial family will certainly be inferior to that of Shuzi.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" can be used as a reference, and the strength of Jia Fu in the early days is beyond doubt. Jia Huan in Jia Province is a concubine, and Jia Yuanchun is a concubine.
Once by chance, Jia Yuanchun went home to visit his relatives, and by the way, he visited his brother Jia Baoyu, and when he could see Jia Huan, his eyes were full of discrimination, and he deliberately stayed away from Jia Huan.
However, although Jia Yuanchun discriminated against Jia Huan, it did not harm Jia Huan's interests. If Jia Baoyu, the concubine, discriminates against Jia Huan, then Jia Huan may be affected by interests, power, and status.
Therefore, combined with the above examples, the ancient concubines and concubines were in a certain condition, the status is high or low, and the folk rumors of the high status of concubines or the high status of concubines, which is too one-sided.