In the feudal era, concepts such as "three from four virtues", "three principles and five constants", "marrying chickens with chickens, marrying dogs with dogs", and "good women do not marry second husbands" have always been regarded as truths by the majority of male compatriots and are not allowed to be challenged in any way. Women are the exclusive and private property of men, and there is no freedom to speak of; especially after the Two Song Dynasties, Cheng Zhu Lixue is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and women are discriminated against and have a lower status.
Wang Anshi was a famous politician, reformer, writer, poet, and staunch defender of Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is reasonable to say that he should strictly abide by Confucian etiquette and inherit the way of Confucius and Mencius, but he did not, and he also made a "contrarian" incident that was a big news at the time. It was shocking and surprising. So, what did Wang Anshi do to cause such a big sensation?
It turned out that when his son was terminally ill, but he was still alive, Wang Anshi persuaded his daughter-in-law to divorce and soon remarried him to someone else! At this point, it is really incredible that the prime minister of the dynasty should actually do such a perverse thing?
Wang Yun was the only son of Wang Anshi, a famous writer and poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, a scholar of Guanzhi Tuge, who wrote works such as "Analects of The Analects", "Mencius's Notes", "New Classics and Shangshu", "New Classics of Poetry", "Wang Yuanze'erya", "Lao Tzu's Teachings", "New Transmission of the South China True Scriptures", "Different Interpretations of Buddhist Books" and other works.
Daughter-in-law, Pang Shi, also known as Hui'er, is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, good at poetry and rhetoric, and is also a famous girl and a talented figure among women.
In this way, the two should be regarded as a very good match, harmonious, raising eyebrows, and the white-headed and old man is the best destination for them. However, it is really interesting that Wang Anshi actually persuaded his daughter-in-law to divorce her and quickly remarried her to someone else.
Although Wang Yun is talented, he has a tendency to domestic violence, scolding Hui Er at every turn, and even punching and kicking. At the craziest time, he actually suspected that Hui Er was having an affair with others, because his son did not look like himself, "he did not look like himself, and he wanted to kill him", and as a result, the child was tossed to death by himself.
After the death of her son, Hui Er was miserable, washing her face with tears all day, and she looked very old and haggard when she was young. All this Wang Anshi saw in his eyes. At this time, Wang Yun's condition was also aggravated, and he never got better, and he could go away first at any time. So Wang Anshi came up with a bold idea. First let Hui Er divorce Wang Yun, and then choose a dragon concubine for her, and marry out with beautiful scenery.
Domestic violence is definitely one of the reasons why Wang Anshi persuaded his daughter-in-law to divorce and remarry others, and the deeper reason is still Wang Anshi himself. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain that the role model of the chancellor and the literati doctor actually did such a major thing that was considered by society to violate the "heavenly principles".
Politically, Wang Anshi regarded the world as his own responsibility, "worries about the world before the world, and happiness after the world", and wholeheartedly thought about the people; he presided over the "Xining Reform Law", reduced the burden on the poor, vigorously developed production, and strived to ensure that the family was sufficient and lived and worked in peace and contentment. In family life, Wang Anshi has great respect for women, especially his wife Wu Shi, who lets her go everywhere and cares about her, and can be called a model husband.
Wang Anshi loved only one person in his life and only married one wife; he never took concubines, let alone raised Ge Ji, which is difficult to see among the Northern Song Dynasty scholars. However, Wang Anshi's wife left him very early, and she became a lonely and lonely person, so that she and her daughter-in-law could be described as the same disease.
Since his son could not give happiness to others, and often inflicted violence on his wife, this made Wang Anshi, who had the same experience as Hui'er, feel pity involuntarily. Therefore, Wang Anshi could only endure the pain of cutting love, and when his son had not left, his daughter-in-law divorced and remarried someone else, so as to get rid of the sea of suffering.
However, there are other rumors about this, saying that Wang Anshi and Hui'er have an ulterior secret, and there are many poems about them circulating in the world. In order to block the mouths of the neighbors, Wang Anshi had to persuade his daughter-in-law to divorce, and then immediately remarried her to someone else.
A poem is attached: (Later generations of literati maliciously slandered, "history of the country" does not recognize)
The moon bends to illuminate the window screen, and the ivory bed lies on the jade horse.
I have the heart to go forward to test the horsepower, and I am afraid that the horse will startle others.