The identity of the concubine has existed since the pre-Qin period, until the last feudal dynasty was overthrown, and gradually disappeared from the Republic of China period, different from the wife and the status in a family is very low, in ancient times, the general family regarded the concubine as just a slave bought with money, so when the concubine entered the palace, there was naturally no formal marriage ceremony.
For the ancients, concubines are not worth mentioning, even the concubines of the rulers, that is, concubines, do not have formal marriage ceremonies, generally after being selected and then directly began to serve the emperor after some teaching.
Therefore, why the ancients only said concubines, not concubines, is very obvious, "na" is the meaning of acceptance, as a slave to serve the master, the status is very low.
But some people may wonder, although the concubines are only slaves in the family, but the favored concubines can not be underestimated at that time, after all, the history of the spoiled concubines to destroy the wife has not happened, then why as the wife of the main house, why would they rush to give concubines to Xianggong and find love enemies for themselves?
First of all, there is no need to worry, that is, the identity of concubines, in history, the identity of concubines is also divided into several kinds, and one very special is the dowry of women.
In the pre-Qin period, there was a custom of Teng marriage, when the princess went to various countries to make peace, their sisters would accompany them as concubines, and this kind of Teng concubine was also a kind of dowry for women.
In the Ming Dynasty, affected by the social environment, even some women would take the initiative to use their dowry to give concubines to Xianggong in order to show their virtuousness and virtue.
In the feudal society, women take the initiative to give concubines to Xianggong There is also a very important point, that is, women's status is low, pay attention to male superiority and female inferiority, in order to show their identity men will take a lot of concubines.
The right wife takes the initiative to help her husband take a concubine, it is not without the meaning of pleasing the husband, and in ancient times, passing on incense is a very important thing, everyone has many children and grandchildren under the knees, if the wife can not have children for a long time, it is necessary to take a concubine to extend the incense to the husband.
It can be said that concubinage is a means of preventing the incense from being cut off, in order to prevent the interests of the wife from being damaged, in this regard, there are relevant regulations in successive dynasties, such as the children of concubines should recognize the right wife as the mother-in-law, as to whether they will recognize the birth mother, it depends on the mood of the mother-in-law, in the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the rights of the right wife, the "Great Ming Law" has provisions: "Whoever breaks the law, the staff is eighty." Whoever is more than fifty years old and childless shall be the eldest son. ”
Not only in terms of children, the status of concubines and wives are also very different, and the identity of concubines and wives was defined during the feudal dynasty: "Concubines, receivers, and servants." The wife, Qi also, and the husband of the person also. ”
The identity of the wife and the husband are equal, protected by the law, the concubine usually has to look at the face of the wife to act, so the wife will not care how many concubines there are, after all, for her is more than a few concubines, do not want to be able to send off.
Secondly, in terms of identity background, most of the families that would take concubines in ancient times had good conditions, and in such a family, the view of the portal was particularly serious, and the identity of the wife was naturally not ordinary, backed by a powerful mother's family, naturally would not worry about being bullied.
But concubines are different, concubines are generally cut families, or booty, and the daughters of sinners, who do not rely on nature to be able to handle at will.
Compared with concubines, the wife is also more protected in terms of law, and if the husband kills his wife to pay for his life but kills the concubine, he only needs to be reprimanded by the rod for a hundred, and then locked up for three years.
If people with good relations around them look up to concubines, in the feudal society period, concubines may also be given as gifts without human rights, in the face of this situation, wives completely crush concubines from all aspects, and there are many benefits to giving concubines to their husbands, so they will naturally rush to do it.