Concubines in ancient times: Giving birth to an heir had another effect, it sounded sour

Most concubines come from families with no means, or are poor but have some beauty, are noticed by rich households and bought with money; or the house next to the government.

Today, it is easy to see that the practice of marrying concubines is contrary to the civilized way of life, making women lose freedom and inequality. The family has a first wife, a second wife, a third wife... nor can we live in peace and harmony. If so, it is only the outer shell that both the eldest wife and the concubine must forbear to create. The husband is not happy, on the contrary, he is always in a difficult situation, for the eldest wife, the concubine resents, for the concubine, the eldest wife is angry. Therefore, there is often turbulence in the house, the atmosphere also reduces the cheerfulness and reunion.

Despite these many drawbacks, in ancient times, it was natural for men to marry concubines. Marrying a concubine is also not contrary to fine customs for an almost unique reason. It's a matter of inheritance. The ancients thought it was extremely important to have a descendant. There is even the thought that any house without a son is because that house eats in bad faith.

Since inheritance is of the utmost importance, if the eldest wife cannot have children, and the husband refuses to marry a concubine, he does not think about inheritance. The man was charged with unfiliality. Another secondary reason is that there were so many poor and struggling women in the past. Giving these women a status would also give them a place to lean.

In wedding customs at that time, when men got married, they could add "wedding heads" as concubines, i.e. concubines.

The "head of the marriage" here is the courtesan of the government (the well-married wife), who accompanies her to her husband's house to continue her duties of care. But if he feels satisfied and trusts enough, a man can also marry this head as a concubine, of course, it is impossible to have the same wedding process as the main family. From there, the "head of the wedding" will become the "head dentist of the room", although they become concubines, they themselves cannot escape the life of "head dentist", extremely low status.

At that time there was a saying: "It is better to be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine." Because concubines are low, small existences.

In feudal China, the government sometimes had no status or a voice, let alone a concubine. If she is favored and loved by her husband, the concubine seems to be able to live easier. But without the man's protection, he would even be forced to do household chores like servants, let alone sit without tea like himself.

Most concubines come from families without conditions, or are poor but have some beauty, are noticed by rich households and bought with money; or the dentistry next to the main ventricle.

According to many records and folktales, being a concubine, in addition to being able to eat a little better than a servant, life is quite pitiful. They live with political reservations, naturally without voice and status in the house.

However, there was one chance to help the concubine live better, and that was to give birth to a son to inherit the tribe, competing for priority with the government. However, although they can give birth to children for their husbands, concubines mostly do not have too much contact with their children because they are considered to have inferior status, the only task is to have children.

In the old days, the rich or when the well-married wife could not bear children, it was necessary to give a concubine to the man at this time.

Although the custom of marrying a concubine was quite common in ancient times, the ancients also advised which cases to marry concubines and which cases not to. The man must measure his strength, if he can be a support all his life, can adequately care for his concubine and her cubs, then take it. If you take people home and let them live miserably, and the cubs are squinting and sick, don't. If a man has enough confidence to keep the family peace, balance both relationships with the eldest wife and concubine, it is no problem to marry a concubine. But if you are a heartless, irresponsible husband, contributing to increasing the conflict between concubines, born broken doors, absolutely do not think about marrying a concubine.

When you marry, you must consider one as another wife of yours. The ancients always taught, do not regard the concubine as the wrongdoer of your house, do not let the concubine be mean, but also do not let the eldest wife lose heart.

In addition to giving birth to an heir, concubines have another effect. It's about being a gift to give, or even "marrying someone in exchange." This was something that was judged inhumane, demeaning to the woman in the thought of the time.

Women of that time were seen as hand-to-hand, daughters married like bowls of water, nothing more, nothing less.

The lady came from a rich family, fortunately her parents were dedicated to finding a good wanderer or at least her husband's family was not trivial, becoming a politician in the house. Poor daughters can only wait until they are of age when they are forced to marry into a wealthy household to pay debts, become concubines to bear children for people, or marry a man who is "a guardian" for their family, living frugally through the day.

Of course, there are also many cases where the rich young master loves to spoil the daughter of the poor family, but the fact that this person becomes a politician is almost nonexistent, it is good to only be a concubine but live more peacefully.

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