Hello! Hello everyone! I am your little friend Shinshin. We all know that women in ancient times got married very early, basically when they were thirteen or fourteen years old. Logically, girls in that age group have not yet matured, so why should they marry and become someone else's wife?
Although ancient and modern people have changed greatly in terms of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, there will be no change in the physiological structure of the same woman. Generally speaking, girls do not mature until they are at least eighteen years old. Otherwise, if you marry a woman too early, in addition to the great risk when giving birth to a child, even if the child is born safely, the possibility of the baby dying early is very large. It may be precisely because of the early marriage and children that most of the children in ancient times have died prematurely. However, the ancient Chinese were very clever, and the ancient Chinese medicine was very powerful, should not be unaware of this?
The reason why women in ancient times married so early was mainly because of the policies of the dynasty at that time. At that time, it belonged to the era of cold weapons, and if there was a war between tribes or countries, there was not much difference in each other's weapons. Therefore, when fighting a war, in addition to the ability to lead soldiers and generals, the arbitrary point is to see which side has a large number of people, which side is easy to win. Therefore, the emperors in ancient times attached great importance to the development of population. Because every time there is a war, many people will be sacrificed, so to restore the population depends on women, so women are forced to marry out early and have children.
For example, at the height of the Qin Dynasty, there were about 30 million people, but by the time the Han Dynasty was first established, the population was only more than half. Therefore, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, issued an order that women must marry before they reach the age of fifteen, otherwise they would be charged a single tax until they married. In ancient times, most of the people were very poor, and even many people did not have enough to eat, of course, it was impossible to have money to pay this single tax. Therefore, many girls in the family are married when they are thirteen or fourteen years old, of course, not only Han Gaozu did this, many emperors of the dynasty did this, and it was very effective.
In addition to the reasons for the dynasty, part of the reason is because of the parents of these girls. Ancient times were a feudal society, and the idea of favoring sons over daughters was very serious. In many families, girls are not valued. Even some parents think that girls are money-losing goods, having a daughter can not afford to retire, marrying out is someone else's family, sooner or later to marry out, simply marry early, so that you can save some money.
Personal opinion: In that feudal society, the status of women was really too low. Unlike today, when men and women are equal, even more families prefer their daughters.
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