Li Bai is the son-in-law of the "inverted door"? Yes, you read that right. This view has existed since ancient times, especially in modern times, and many famous scholars, including Guo Moruo, think so.
According to Guo Moruo's research, there are two reasons that can prove that Li Bai is a son-in-law.
First, according to historical records, Li Bai married the granddaughter of the prime minister at the age of 27, but lived in the woman's home until his wife died.
In ancient times, there was only one explanation for the man who had been living in the woman's home, and that was the son-in-law. You know, Li Bai is not without money, he can spend money before he gets married, and the recorded cost has reached 300,000 yuan. Therefore, if he is not a son-in-law, according to the ancient etiquette, he should buy his own property and marry his wife into the door.
Second, Li Bai was born very low. Many people may retort that Li Bai can spend so much money, how can he be born low?
In fact, the rich people in ancient times did not represent a high status, "scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants" have been widely recognized by society since the Qin Dynasty, merchants ranked at the bottom of society, and Li Bai's family has been doing business for generations, even if there is a million family wealth, and the prime minister Mendi is also absolutely incompatible, and it can even be said that the difference between the world and the world.
However, some people say that Li Bai personally admitted that he was the ninth grandson of Li Xuan, the king of Liangwu Zhao, and the then emperor Li Longji was the eleventh grandson, so Li Bai belonged to the imperial relatives, such an identity is not low, right?
This is not reliable, because Li Longji once issued an edict in the first year of Tianbao to collect all the descendants of Li Huan, the king of Liangwu Zhao, and to be subordinate to Zongzheng Temple and incorporated into the genus. At that time, Li Yanyun, the attendant of the temple, was incorporated into the genus for this reason.
And Li Longji and Li Bai have known each other for a long time, if Li Bai is really a descendant of Li Bai, how come he has not been recognized by Zongzheng Temple?
In addition, the so-called claim that Li Bai is a descendant of Li Bai is actually not said by himself, but by Li Bai's uncle Li Yangbing, and cannot be used as the basis for Li Bai's true life.
Therefore, Guo Moruo and many scholars in modern times believe that Li Bai is a "backward door" son-in-law through the above two points. After all, everything else can be reluctantly explained, except for the fact that she lives in the woman's home, which cannot be explained. Even in modern times, only the inverted door will always live in the woman's home.
However, at this point, many people may not understand what kind of meaning "inverted door" existed in ancient times.
In ancient times, the "upside-down door" was legally called a son-in-law, because the woman was the head of the family, so she was dependent on the woman and could not establish a household registration, nor did she have to pay taxes. Therefore, people think that this kind of extra-consort is a lowly group of people who want to evade state taxation.
The reason why it is called "Son-in-law" is because in ancient times there was a disease called "warts", which refers to the growth of a leprosy on the body, which is a superfluous existence. In addition, "excess" is also equivalent to pledge, believing that the man cannot afford the dowry because of his family's poverty, or that the door is too disparate, and he can only mortgage himself to the woman's home. Even Yan Shigu, a famous historian of the Sui Dynasty, believed that a son-in-law was actually a kind of slave sold without a deadline.
Because of this, the status of the ancient son-in-law was extremely low, similar to that of the servants in the family.
But then again, a great romantic poet in the hall, "half a mouthful of Tang Dynasty", is actually a son-in-law, which is really embarrassing.
However, this statement turned around in the 1980s.
One day in the early 1980s, an ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty was discovered in Shaanxi. Although the ancient tomb is not large, and there are not many cultural relics unearthed, the back of the epitaph reveals the truth of Li Bai's "upside-down door".
According to the record of the epitaph, the owner of the tomb was an official of the Tang Dynasty, although he lived in his wife's home for many years, the relationship between husband and wife was still based on husband, and this situation was called "un-temple seeing", which was another form of marriage that was different from the son-in-law.
This form of marriage arose because the literati needed to run for office and hold office when seeking merit. The so-called running officials and important officials is a way to gain fame by using travel as a method to publicize their own articles. Therefore, during the Tang Dynasty, many readers could only travel in all directions before becoming famous.
In the process of traveling, if you marry in a foreign country, you can only live in your wife's home, and this form of marriage is called "unsightly".
Of course, this situation was not the mainstream and advocated form of marriage at that time, so the man needed to bear an obligation, and he needed to rely on his talent to earn honor for his wife and family.
Obviously, Li Bai has achieved the ultimate in this regard, although he has done nothing in his career in his life, but he has become famous all over the world and is admired by the world by relying on his own talent, so that his wife and family have also gained various benefits from it.
Therefore, the marriage between Li Bai and the granddaughter of the prime minister is not what Mr. Guo Moruo called "inverted door". But in the final analysis, if it were not for the discovery of this epitaph, it would really be impossible to explain why Li Bai had been living in his wife's home. Therefore, it is not good to blame Mr. Guo Moruo too much here, after all, the epitaph was only discovered after his death.
References: Biography of Li Bai, Old Book of Tang