Zhou Taizu did not shy away from the customs of the ancients, and once took a widow as his wife, but he was called the Emperor of Mercy by posterity
Zhou Taizu Guo Wei is an emperor whose sense of existence is not very strong in history, because his dynasty has not existed for a very long time, and his personal merits are not very great, there is nothing special and prominent that can be remembered by posterity, but it is worth mentioning that the only event he can remember is his personal life. People who know Zhou Taizu should know that he once married four wives, and the common denominator of these four wives is that they are all widows, and the ancients attached great importance to the complete body of women, and Zhou Taizu, as an emperor, did not shy away from this custom, which is indeed difficult to understand.
As we all know, the ancients for women's requirements are very high, although the status of women in ancient times is not high, but the society's requirements for them are more and more stringent, not only require them not to have out-of-line behavior before marriage, but also require them to be widowed after the death of their husbands, even if there is no explicit decree that widows cannot remarry, but women at that time are more concerned about their chastity, and men are also more superstitious, afraid of marrying a widow back will make their fate suffer hardships, so there are not many people who dare to marry widows at that time. Zhou Taizu is a special example.
Zhou Taizu Guo Wei was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, but when he was very young, his father was killed, and when he fled with his mother, his mother also died, and later he met his aunt and raised himself, so that he did not starve to death in the street. In order to repay his aunt's kindness, he joined the army, hoping that he could have a day to repay his aunt's nurturing grace, but because the politics of the post-Tang Dynasty was not stable at that time, it was also difficult to promote his position, so Guo Wei was only a small soldier in the army for many years.
When he was a soldier, he met a concubine lady Chai dismissed by the emperor in the post-Tang Dynasty, because the emperor had died at that time, so this lady Chai was a widow. Lady Chai met Guo Wei on the way to escape, Guo Wei saw that she was very pitiful, thinking of her own life, so he took her in, and after the two spent a long time together, they had feelings, because Lady Chai was originally the emperor's woman, so he was both virtuous and dignified, and he was able to give Guo Wei more encouragement, so after Guo Wei became emperor, he was also posthumously named Empress Shengmu.
Since then he has not married any other women, but later he met a lady Yang, also a widow, and finally Lady Yang also died of illness, and the third wife he sought was still a widow, the woman's surname was Zhang, and her husband died on the battlefield. After some time, he intended not to marry again, but finally married a lady Dong in the year he became emperor at the age of forty-seven: another widow.
Judging from the above content, Guo Wei did marry four widowed wives, but this is not because he has psychological problems, but because he has great admiration for them, and these four women are not women who charm and confuse the Lord, but people who can advise him around him, take care of his life and give him guidance, so he will appreciate their talents and personalities, and marry them as wives and take good care of them. It can be seen that Zhou Taizu was a kind-hearted and knowledgeable emperor, no wonder he was praised by posterity.