In the ancient Chinese era of male superiority and inferiority, as long as a man was rich and powerful and could support a bunch of women, he could sit in groups of wives and concubines. The third time in the "History of Ru Lin": "By two or three months, Fan Jin's household slaves and servants will be there." ”
Generally speaking, a man will only have one wife, her status is the highest, and then there is the concubine room in the family, although their status is not as good as the wife, but they are also married to the beginner, and have a certain social status in the family.
But in some large families, there is also a kind of female existence, they are not concubines but do what concubines should do, and they do not have any name they are: through the house
Why did the rich families in ancient times have to raise a ring of houses
In ancient China, the feudal dynasty at that time, precisely because of the Confucian etiquette, led to a very low status of women, and it was also the general trend of the whole society at that time.
In the old man's view, women were of little use, they merely existed as tools for childbearing.
In feudal society, the upper class married women, there was a material dowry, there was also a population dowry, the population included more or less slaves, and the yahuan was a more important part of these people. And this dowry ring has a very high probability of becoming the aunt's housekeeper.
In ancient times, as a house maid into a large household, the most tragic is the house ring, it is worth mentioning that this kind of dowry is generally the dowry of the hostess, although they are miserable, but the status is still relatively high.
What are the main responsibilities of Tongfang Yahuan?
So what is the universal ring? Obviously, it is to help the old master and the young master to solve some physiological needs, their residences are generally relatively close to the old master, and even at night, they directly lay the floor in the old master's room.
Unlike other yahuan who do chores, there is at least one bed board, but during the day, usually yahuan needs to be the same as other yahuan, serving the masters' food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, and there is no end to work every day, and it is not able to rest at night.
But if any of the wives and concubines of the old man are unwell and the old man has physical needs, then he can only serve the grandfather through the room ring!
Ancient people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, some people are born very noble, some people are born to be Yahuan slaves, so it is said that rich people do not take the life of Yahuan slaves seriously, in ancient times Yahuan was really the existence of fate like grass, all rely on the mercy of the master to have a glimmer of life.
What is the difference between the Tongfang Ya Ring and the Ordinary Ya Ring? Is there anything else to do besides accompanying the old man?
If they only talk about the position in the house, they are only a little higher than the position of the concubine, but this is only the obvious position, in fact, they only go to the pleasure of the old man when the hostess is not in good health, but there is an advantage that if the old man is favored, he can turn into a concubine, which is also a change of fate.
The master does not avoid the house ring, and everyone is accustomed to the way. In addition to accompanying the master, it is also used to do another thing, that is, when the master does things, the master does not consider the feelings of the next person, as a slave, you have only one choice, that is, unconditional acceptance, and then slowly become a habit. This double physical and psychological suffering is really unacceptable.
Reference: History of Rulin
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