The ancients' "polyandry and polygamous", it is estimated that the audience and netizens have already heard of it, and the harem of 3,000 as the ruler is endowed with a strong fantasy color.
Among them, during the Qing Dynasty, the wives of princes and nobles were also called Fujin, and the side room also had the title of Side Fujin.
Although they are both Fujin, the two are very different, and there is a huge difference in identity and status alone.
So during the Qing Dynasty, what was the status of Fujin, and what was the difference between side Fujin and Shu Fujin?
The name is different
Nowadays, there are many film and television works that show us the life of thousands of years ago, and there are not a few works about the Manchu Dynasty.
Whether it is a flag outfit or a braided head, it allows the current audience and readers to have a clearer understanding of life during the Qing Dynasty.
Among them, the question of salutation has also been slowly popularized into the minds of the audience and netizens.
The father's title is "Amma", and the mother's title is "Eniang", and many of them are familiar.
As for the title of "Fujin", many viewers and netizens are half-understood, but simply think that Fujin is the wife of the prince, which is equivalent to the "princess" of the Han people.
In fact, the title of Fujin also has its own evolutionary process, in the earliest Qing Dynasty, Fujin only refers to the emperor's wife, and even the wives of princes and nobles have no way to obtain this title.
Nurhachi's wives can all be called Fujin, among which the wife in our eyes is called "Great Fujin".
Qing Taizu is far from knowing so much about the culture of the Han people, and the concubines in the harem are roughly the same in terms of title, except for the Fu Jin who is called the "Great Fu Jin", the rest of the concubines can be referred to by Fu Jin.
But during that time, except for the emperor's concubines, other ladies could not use the title of "Fujin".
Later, with the intervention of Han culture, the Manchu culture gradually changed, and the title of Fujin alone gradually favored the harem system of the Ming Dynasty.
Because some emperors have many harem concubines, they can't be referred to by the word Fujin at will, so Huang Taiji divided his wives and concubines.
Among them, the highest rank is Dafujin, plus some titles, and slowly opened up the gap with other concubines.
The integration of Han culture gave the harem concubines of the Qing Dynasty a clearer class status, in which the rights and status of the harem concubines of the Qing Dynasty were naturally different.
After the concubines of the harem had titles and positions, they were no longer so interested in the title of Fujin for a hundred years, so they no longer used Fujin to call the emperor's concubines during the Kangxi period, and the princes and nobles with titles passed on the title of Fujin.
Therefore, the prince Fujin that the audience and netizens saw on the film and television screen came from this.
Although the characters referred to by Fujin are constantly changing, it is undeniable that the word "Fujin" symbolizes status and identity.
Even the Fu Jin, the side Fu Jin, and the Shu Fu Jin have obvious differences, and the rights of different titles are also different.
The difference in title and status
In ancient times, there were distinct social classes, and people of different statuses could enjoy different resources.
There is a clear difference between the main wife and the concubine, whether it is in the Manchu Dynasty or in other dynasties, the rights and status of wives of different status are completely different.
Among them, the main wife is obviously different from the concubine, and the main wife, who is the head of the house, has the right to dominate the concubine.
And most of the systems followed by the ancients were monogamous and polygamous, and what we now call "three wives and four concubines" is another corresponding meaning.
"Three wives" does not refer to three wives, but also corresponds to the existence of concubines, but these are also called "noble concubines", and their status is only lower than that of the main wife.
The concubine's room, the side room and the auxiliary room are all a type of concubine, and the rights and status they enjoy in society are also obviously different from those of concubines.
The status of concubines in ancient society was also relatively high, and even to some extent comparable to the main wife, so they gradually had the title of "third wife".
During the Qing Dynasty, the side Fujin corresponded to these noble concubines, they were obviously different from the concubines of status, no matter the treatment they enjoyed, or the name given by the husband's family, the existence of the side Fujin could be taken.
In history, there are many side blessings that are deeply loved by the royal family, and even high-profile social occasions will be attended with favored side blessings.
Although Fang Fujin does not have the status of a wife, and his treatment is also a head shorter, but they can enjoy the guarantee given to them by marriage, which is recognized, and this Shu Fujin has obvious differences.
Shu Fujin's identity is relatively low, that is, what we often call the "four concubines", and the existence of Shu Fujin is more like a partial house.
The partial house was not recognized under the ancient feudal rule, and even in the marriage relationship, there was only an empty name, so the corresponding partial house of Shu Fujin, its status was also relatively low.
Although Shu Fujin does not have the same identity as Fu Jin and Fang Fu Jin, he is still qualified to be written into the family tree, and if he meets a good housewife, his life in his later years will not be so bleak.
In a marital relationship, Shu Fujin is not the most humble status, and the four concubines in the "three wives and four concubines" refer to partial rooms, companion rooms, concubines and co-rooms.
Among them, Shu Fujin, who is similar to the partial house, is already the highest status in the concubine room, and such an identity is equivalent to a good concubine.
As for the fate of the remaining concubines, it is much more miserable, and they have to endure the eyes of the outside world in addition to being nameless and indistinguishable, and while being called a "cheap concubine", they also have to run for their own lives.
If you don't have a name, you naturally don't have the right to enjoy resources, but the name of the concubine is no different from that of an ordinary servant.
These concubines were also called "concubines Gege" during the Qing Dynasty, and although the princesses of the Qing Dynasty were also called "Gege", the same title had a completely different fate.
The concubine Gege, who has no fame, fortune and status, is not only her own fate, but even the child she gives birth to will be a head shorter than others.
So when many people mention Shu Fujin, they default to that they are already the lowest in marriage, but in fact, although Shu Fujin is not high, he is a good concubine, and if he can get the favor of his husband, life will be better.
Only the "concubine Gege" is completely different, and if you don't even have a son, your family tree can't be written into your name.
brief summary
In ancient times, there was a strict hierarchy of social classes, in which the status of wives and concubines alone was clearly divided.
As for the bullying of the concubine to the head of the wife deduced in the TV series, it has become a fantasy.
The fate of the ancients seems to have been arranged at the time of birth, and under the rule of feudal society, everyone has been divided into "three, six, nine and so on".
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