It is often said that the ancient people's thinking was conservative, and their behavior was constrained by the "three principles and five constants", but they also broke the convention and broke through the bottom line of modern human beings.
For example, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Li Zhi married his father's woman Wu Zetian; Or Tang Xuanzong Li Longji snatched Yang Yuhuan from his son Li Yao; Even in ancient Egypt, their pharaohs were united with their own children.
These historical events abound, but why did this kind of behavior, in the eyes of the ancient people at that time, they did not feel that it was against ethics? Even in their perception, they feel that these are normal. In modern times, these behaviors would be unacceptable.
As we all know, in our modern society, it is not allowed to marry close relatives, whether parents or siblings, as long as people within three generations are close relatives, it is not allowed by law. If they are really together, it is an act of incest.
Of course, this only represents the views and vision of our modern people, and it is another matter in ancient times, after all, there were too many gaps in people's thinking and social development at that time.
In ancient times, the pharaohs of ancient Egypt believed that only such a combination of "close relatives" could ensure that the blood of their family was pure enough. Therefore, in order to prevent outsiders from intruding, they will practice "marriage of close relatives".
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt, like the ancient kings of the continent, ruled the entire kingdom. In feudal society, the pharaoh was the supreme ruler, and no matter what decisions and actions were made, others could only obey, even if they were reluctant in their hearts, but in order to survive, there was no room for rebuttal.
In addition, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh in the hearts of people, is a very sacred existence, the people worship him very much, due to the ancient feudal thinking, the people even think that the pharaoh has divine power, if there is a drought, they will ask the pharaoh to ask for rain.
In fact, whether modern or ancient, people will do everything they can to protect their interests. The same was true of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt.
In order to continue their rule, they adopted the policy of foolishness, that is, trying to keep the people low in intelligence, so that people always believed in the ruler's behavior and made them think that only Pharaoh could bring them a better life.
When the people are ignorant, they can be at the mercy of the rulers. The pharaohs thus continued their rule. According to records, during the reign of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, each pharaoh would choose to marry close relatives in order to maintain the purity of the bloodline.
For example, the daughter of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, after her husband's death, her brother married her back home in order to inherit the pharaoh's throne. There are even records of pharaohs taking possession of his own daughters. These behaviors seemed to be a common thing in the eyes of the ancient Egyptians, and even the pharaohs chose voluntarily.
In fact, from the mythology of ancient Greece, it can be seen that many of them are the union between brothers and sisters, or between father and daughter, which shows that they have had this belief since the beginning of mythological stories. So even during the reign of the pharaohs in feudal society, the union of "close relatives" was not an incomprehensible thing for them.
In ancient Egypt, even if the pharaohs were "close relatives" combined and gave birth to mutilated offspring, they still felt that this behavior was no problem and was not affected in the slightest. They may even think that they are pharaohs, so this situation is purely normal, and the average person thinks that they have not yet had this opportunity.
However, with the development of modern science and technology and medicine, people's cognition has also been greatly improved, and they all know that the combination with "close relatives" will seriously affect the next generation of diseases, and it is inevitable.
Recall the unethical pharaohs or kings of ancient times, who also did so for their own selfish desires, but these have become part of history, and we don't have to say whether they were good or bad.
Unfortunately, ancient Egypt, as one of the four ancient civilizations, no longer exists, and we can only learn about their past from history books. This country with a long history, one of the birthplaces of the five civilizations, once was, it is really sighing.