Through the study of ancient Chinese history, it is not difficult to find that ancient women attached the most importance to famous festivals. In particular, the daughters of large families attach more importance to their innocence. Because he received a good education from an early age, he regarded the reputation of his daughter's family as more important than his life. Once insulted, hate cannot kill itself in order to seek innocence.
Therefore, many ancient men also had great respect for women with good reputations. Those men who were in the same clan as the ancient women naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting the women's honor in the clan. However, through the study of the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it is found that there is such an event that seriously conflicts with this historical rule.
People who know a little about the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty know that the Xiahou family was counted as a clan with a prominent background at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, Xiahou Yuan's 13-year-old niece, Xiahou Girl, was snatched away by Zhang Fei as a lady. Why didn't the powerful Xiahou family retaliate? Obviously, it was damaged by the honor, why was Xiahou girl willing to marry Zhang Fei and have children for him?
To explore the truth about the incident in which Zhang Feiqiang snatched Xiahou as his wife and why the Xiahou family did not retaliate, the first thing to pay attention to is Xiahou Yuan, a thirteen-year-old niece, Xiahou Girl. Being able to clearly interpret why Xiahou girl was willing to marry Zhang Fei is an important breakthrough in exploring the truth of the incident. If you want to enter the heart of Xiahou Girl, you must understand the general marriage and love situation of women at that time.
As we all know, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the masses competed for hegemony, resulting in the division of local territories and the lack of livelihood for the people. For those in this chaotic world, spiritual needs are often too late to take into account. Even the material level is difficult to guarantee. You know, it is already very difficult to save your own life in this chaotic world.
For the ancient women who needed to strictly follow the "orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker" for marriage and funeral, there was actually no love to speak of. What's more, in the years of war, there is no need to have the luxury of being able to find the right Lang Jun. It is already a fortunate thing to be able to keep yourself from falling victim to war.
For clan women with a wealth background, the most anticipated thing is not to become a pawn in political marriage. As the niece of Xiahou Yuan in the famous Xiahou family at that time, Xiahou Girl can be said to be a very obvious family woman. Since her father died very early, if the Xiahou girl was married politically, she could basically only be a concubine of a clan child.
The so-called "prefer to be a chicken head, not a phoenix tail". In Xiahou Girl's heart, she must have chosen the same thing. Instead of allowing yourself to become a pawn in the political marriage and making concubines to the high-ranking children of large families, it is better to accept the arrangement of fate calmly, and perhaps win the reputation of a proper wife.
Xiahou girl is worthy of being from the Xiahou family, although she is only thirteen years old, she is already able to think calmly without panic. After thinking about it, The Xiahou girl came to a very realistic conclusion. As a daughter's family, zhang Fei, a well-known "reckless person", was snatched into the hand, even if he was innocent again, I am afraid that he would inevitably suffer from the speculation and even slander of others.
An ancient woman with a bad reputation, coupled with the fact that she did not have a biological father to rely on for herself, this situation also confirmed the future of becoming someone else's concubine. After all, Xiahou Girl was a young lady of a large family, how could she put down her pride and be willing to become a concubine of others who was "unjust in name and disagreeable".
Xiahou girl did not want to be maliciously accused by others, nor did she want to become a concubine. After calm thinking, Xiahou Girl knew that there seemed to be no better choice than marrying Zhang Fei. Most importantly, Zhang Fei was determined to marry Xiahou girl as his wife. Judging from the situation at that time, Xiahou girl's marriage to Zhang Fei was an inferior marriage, and she was bound to be able to get the courtesy she deserved.
Zhang Feiqi, although he is very reckless, he is also a big husband and can do what he says. After obtaining the consent of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, zhuge Liang and others, Zhang Fei gave Xiahou the identity of the right wife according to his previous promise. And Zhang Fei is very fond of this wife who comes from a family, has a clean reputation, and is more than ten years younger than himself.
After becoming a relative, xiahou girl was treated with courtesy by Zhang Fei and slowly let go of her resentment of robbing her that year. Xiahou girl was relieved to be Zhang Fei's wife, and gave birth to several children for her. However, the Xiahou family had always been deeply angry at Zhang Fei's behavior of robbing the clan woman as his wife and making the faces of the men in the clan look dull.
The Xiahou family, which has historically shown great strength, did not retaliate against Zhang Fei, mainly because the camps of the two sides were always in opposition at that time. To put it simply, the simplest and most direct way to retaliate against Zhang Fei is through war. It must be noted that the Xiahou family at that time was always on the battlefield fighting against the Shu army, and never came down.
As for why Zhang Fei was not attacked alone, it was necessary to distinguish from the identity of the Xiahou family soldiers. At that time, although the Xiahou family was famous, it was just a gun in the hands of the political power holders. Where did the rulers want the Xiahou family to attack, was it still possible to disobey the military order and fight another battle? The answer, of course, is no.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, successive years of conquest gradually took shape in the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. At that time, as the founding hero of the Shu Kingdom, Zhang Fei could be said to be an important minister of the imperial court at the level of an elder. Zhang Fei, unlike Guan Yu, has always been known for his personality and recklessness. In order to show the importance he attached to his wife Xiahou, he actually forced Liu Chan to marry their daughter as his queen.
Liu Chan is also obedient to Zhang Fei, the so-called "third uncle". Therefore, Xiahou's eldest daughter for Zhang Feisheng became the empress of the Shu state at that time. Not only that, not long after, the Shu empress died of illness, and Zhang Fei married the second daughter born to Xiahou to Liu Chan as his successor.
The daughters born to Xiahou and Zhang Fei became empresses of the Shu kingdom in succession. In the face of this great glory, the Xiahou clan deeply felt Zhang Fei's grace and the attention of the Shu royal family. It is worth mentioning that at that time, the strength of the Xiahou family was not as good as before. Therefore, the Xiahou family had no strength and reason to retaliate against Zhang Fei.
In summary, regarding Zhang Fei's robbery of Xiahou Yuan's thirteen-year-old niece as his wife, there are three main reasons why the Xiahou family did not retaliate against Zhang Fei. First of all, Xiahou Shi took the initiative to become Zhang Fei's wife and was treated very well.
Secondly, the Xiahou family was always on the battlefield, and there was no way to retaliate against Zhang Fei alone. In the end, the Xiahou family declined day by day, and the daughters born of Zhang Fei and Xiahou became empresses of the Shu state one after another, and the Xiahou family had no strength or reason to retaliate against Zhang Fei.