In ancient times, polygamy was practiced. Although a man can only have one wife, he can have several concubines. The man's first wife is named The Wife of the Knot Hair and the Original Wife. If the wife dies, the man can marry another wife. The wife who remarries, saying that it is good to hear is called continuing strings, and saying that it is ugly is called filling the house.
The historical lady who filled the house held a concubine ceremony in front of the original match, otherwise, it was "rude". In addition to a few ladies who are particularly cattle in the mother's house, and there are a few ladies who are particularly strong in filling the house, most of the ladies who fill the house have a very sad life.
In today's post, I will take the mother of Empress Changsun, Gao, the mother of Wu Zetian, Yang, the mother of Wu Zetian, and Xie, the mother of Fan Zhongyan, as examples to talk about the experience of Lady Filling house in history.
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The original wife of the famous Sui Dynasty general Changsun Sheng died, leaving the eldest son, Changsun Anye. Changsun Sheng remarried Gao Shi and gave birth to a son, Changsun Wuji, and a daughter, Changsun Shi.
The Gao family was born into a famous family, and her mother's family was the Northern Qi royal family. Changsun Sheng's origin was also very noble, and he was a descendant of the Northern Wei royal family. The marriage of two descendants of two fallen former royal families, which on the surface seems to be the right door, is actually facing a big crisis.
As a house-filling lady, Gao's age gap with her husband is relatively large. After the death of the eldest son, Changsun Anye, the eldest son, inherited the family business and became the new head of the family. The eldest grandson An Ye has absolute control over the family's property. As the lady of the house, Gao Shi had no say in front of his stepson, Sun Anye.
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After the eldest grandson Anye inherited the family business, he expelled his stepmother Gao Shi, his younger brother Changsun Wuji, and his younger sister Changsun Shi from the house. As the lady of the house, Gao Shi had no room for resistance, so she had to take her two young children and return to her mother's house. Fortunately, Gao Shilian, Gao Shilian, the elder brother of the Gao clan, understood the great righteousness and took in his sister, nephew, and niece.
Wu Zetian's father was named Wu Shi Yan (念:約), the original match of The Samurai Yan (武士彟), who died in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. The lady of the Wushiyan room, Yang Shi, was from the Sui Dynasty royal family. Yang Xiong's uncle Yang Xiong and father Yang Shida were both Sui Dynasty chancellors. Yang Gongren, a cousin of the Yang clan, was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Shidao, a cousin of the Yang clan, was also the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
When Yang married Samurai, Samurai took her as a treasure. As soon as samurai Died, he and his original concubines Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang inherited the family business. In front of the two stepsons, Yang Shi also has no right to speak. Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang also kicked their stepmother and three younger sisters out of the house.
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As the lady of the house, Yang Shi had no room to resist in front of her stepson, and could only take her three daughters to defect to her cousin Yang Shidao. Fortunately, Yang Shidao was very generous and properly placed his cousin and three nieces. Yang Shidao also introduced Wu Zetian to Li Shimin, allowing her to enter the palace and become a talented person.
The Gao and Yang clans, both from the Gaomen Ling clan, were swept out by their stepsons. Their mother's family was cattle enough, but they were bullied by their stepsons. This shows how inferior the status of the lady of the house in ancient times was.
In ancient times, the ladies who were swept out of the house were not in the minority. The Gao and Yang clans, as well as the mother's family, those who do not have the mother's family to take in the house lady, can only rely on themselves. If the children of such women are not as famous as the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson empress, and Wu Zetian, no one will remember them.
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In ancient times, husbands and wives were buried together after death, according to the ceremonial system, the wife was eligible to be buried with the husband, and the lady who filled the house could only accompany the funeral, which was called the concubine ceremony. If the stepson is stronger, it is better to bury the stepmother next to the parents' tomb, and the lady who fills the house can only be buried alone.
Fan Zhongyan's mother, Xie Shi, first married Fan Yong as a lady of the house and gave birth to Fan Zhongyan. After Fan Yong's death, xie had to take Fan Zhongyan to remarry Zhu Wenhan in order to make a living, or to be the lady of the house.
By the time xie died, Fan Yong's cemetery could not accommodate mrs. Xie shi. Zhu Wenhan's cemetery also does not have a place for Mrs. Xie' house. Fan Zhongyan had no choice but to choose a cemetery and bury his mother first. After a hundred years, Fan Zhongyan was buried with his mother.
The previous photo of the author himself is the town tower.
Women in a similar situation to Fan Zhongyan's mother, as well as Yao Chong's mother. Others are all husband and wife buried together, but Fan Zhongyan and Yao Chong are the souls of mother and son. The difficulty of the lady who fills the house can be seen from this.
Mrs. Filler is mostly miserable, but there are exceptions. For example, Wu Zetian was Li Zhi's lady of the house, and she suppressed his wife, Empress Wang, to the point of no end. Except for a few powerful ladies like Wu Zetian, most of the ladies who fill in the house are as sad as gao, yang and xie.
The historical sources of this article: "New Book of Tang", "History of Song", "Zizhi Tongjian".
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