In ancient times, the monogamy and multiple concubines system was implemented, why was the proport

In recent years, there has been a "single tide" in China, according to relevant statistics, the domestic single population of school age has reached more than 200 million, of which the proportion of men is large. This means that a large number of "singles" have now been produced in China. Among them, some people can get married but don't want to get married, while some people want to get married but can't find a marriage partner.

In contrast, the proportion of singles in ancient times was much smaller than it is now. Note that this is about proportions, not numbers. The population in ancient times was smaller than in modern times, at most hundreds of millions.

Many people may wonder if the ancient system of "monogamy and multiple concubines" was clearly implemented, and a man could marry multiple wives.

Actually, this is a misunderstanding. First of all, although the system of "monogamy and multiple concubines" was practiced in ancient times, there were not many men who had the conditions to marry multiple wives。In an agrarian society, the common people face the loess every day with their backs to the sky, and it is good to take care of food and clothing.

Therefore, the people are still mostly "monogamous".

Secondly, because there were no modern contraceptive measures and surgeries in ancient times, once a child was conceived, it would basically be born, and this natural fertility pattern kept the ratio of men and women stable, and there was rarely a large-scale imbalance. Moreover, the medical level in ancient times was backward, and it was a question whether the child could grow up healthily after birth, so even if a daughter was born, many people would raise it with peace of mind.

Then there is the ancient women's marriage system, which is different from that of modern women. In ancient times, women could marry at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and this age was called the "cardamom years". In "Peacock Flying Southeast", Liu's is "fifteen bullets, sixteen recitations of poetry and books, and seventeen for the monarch's wife", generally speaking, most of the ancient women married between the ages of 13 and 18.

If she is over 20 years old and is regarded as a "leftover girl", her family will be disgraced. Moreover, in order to reproduce the population, ancient rulers often set coercive measures, stipulating that women must marry at a certain age, otherwise it is a crime. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Yue Kingdom documents recorded:

If a woman is seventeen and does not marry, her parents are guilty; If the husband does not marry twenty, his parents are guilty. ”

In addition, although the ancient times favored sons over women, because there were many wars, the soldiers who participated in the war were all men, which was very large, so it would also reduce the male population; Moreover, before the Ming and Qing dynasties, both the official and the private sector were very supportive of widows remarrying, and sometimes the emperor himself would marry widows, which also made the "singles problem" a good solution!

In ancient times, although patriarchs were favored, because there were many wars, the soldiers who participated in the war were all men, which was very large, so it would also reduce the male population; Moreover, before the Ming and Qing dynasties, both the official and the private sector were very supportive of widows remarrying, and sometimes the emperor himself would marry widows, which also made the "singles problem" a good solution!

Because there were more wars in ancient times than now, and many boys died on the battlefield, the ratio of men and women was unbalanced, and polygamy was practiced.

Because the status of women has increased in modern times, the requirements for men have also increased, but in ancient times it was different.

The social situation in ancient and modern times is different, and the status of women in modern times has greatly improved, and the requirements for men have also been further increased.

After all, in ancient times, it was easy to fight, and boys had to go to the army and die on the battlefield, so the ratio of men and women was out of balance.

In ancient times, women needed to rely on men to survive, but now women are mostly financially independent

Nowadays, many people put material things first, which affects people's normal love.

The question is clear, if there are many options, will you choose only one? But now there are none.

Monogamy was practiced in ancient times.

1. The history books do not specifically record the number of singles in society; That.

2. Modern costume film and television dramas induce people to think that men in ancient times had multiple wives and concubines; That.

Third, in ancient times, there were ** levels and social customs to ensure that there were few singles. In modern society, it is difficult for people to get married, and the number of older leftover women and leftover men is huge and relatively concentrated, so it has caused a social effect! People think that there are a lot of singles, but in fact, most of them are just not married, which does not mean that they do not have a partner.

It is only through a great deal of propaganda that people will know about its existence, or that there are historical records about it. There are many historical books and literary works in ancient times, but there is no historical book that specifically records the situation of singles in the country, and there is no literary work that specifically writes about the life of singles at that time. Ancient history books record the life deeds of emperors and generals, and the emperor's words and deeds are historians.

will be recorded; Major events that occur in society, such as natural and man-made disasters, are also recorded. Most literary works reflect wars, natural landscapes, love, historical stories, ghosts, etc., and do not specifically write about singles.

Now there are many beautiful and handsome women in costume film and television dramas, usually the male protagonist will have more than one beautiful woman like him, or a heroine will have more than one handsome guy like her. TV dramas that reflect ancient life have never reflected the inability of a large number of men to marry, nor the inability of a large number of women to marry. Modern people who lack understanding of ancient times always create works based on historical books or modern imagination, always praise heroic deeds or express the sweetness of love, making people ignore the marital status of a large number of ordinary people in ancient times.

There is no record in the history books, and the propaganda of film and television dramas makes modern people feel that there were not many singles in ancient times, after all, Wu Dalang.

I can also marry a wife!

In ancient times, great importance was attached to population growth, believing that the size of the population could show the strength of the country, so the national level generally did not allow the emergence of older leftover women and leftover men, and would force the people to marry and have children as soon as possible. The more famous one is Goujian, the king of Yue.

promulgated policies to encourage childbirth.

Let the strong man not marry an old woman, let the old man not marry a strong wife, the woman seventeen does not marry, her parents are guilty, and the husband is thirty and her parents are guilty. gave birth to a husband, two jugs of wine, and a dog; give birth to a woman, two pots of wine, and a dolphin; gave birth to two sons, and the husband gave him food; He gave birth to three sons, a male and a mother. In addition to the forced marriage of **, there are also some ways for the folk to make a single person end single:

When his father dies, his wife and his stepmother; When a brother dies, he takes his wife. That is to say, you can marry a stepmother, you can marry a widow, and in this way reduce the number of singles.

That's because these singles will not be recorded in history, you have no way of knowing, so there is an illusion that there were no singles in ancient times.

In ancient times, there were many wars, and there were more men killed in battles, that is, there were more men and girls, and the history we saw was basically the history of princes and generals, and we couldn't see the history of the low-level singles, so we would feel that there were few singles.

Although polygamy is practiced, the common people only marry one wife, and most of them live in poverty, and they can't support themselves if they marry too much.

Because it was a patriarchal society in ancient times, and women were subordinate to men, how could there be a chance to achieve polyandry? Polygamy was the longest-lasting marriage institution in ancient China. Even now, some people accept polygamy.

They may have one wife at home and several foster wives outside the home. And these women are willing to share their husbands with other women. These women do this because they are attached to this husband, so they are willing to bow their heads.

The situation in ancient times was similar to the one described above. Modern women still have the opportunity to get an education and enter the workforce, while ancient women were completely dependent on their husbands. The so-called "follow the father at home and marry the husband", a woman is attached to her father before she gets married, and she is dependent on her husband after marriage.

Most of them have no survival skills, no financial means, and cannot survive once they leave their families. In such a situation, they have no way to limit their husbands, let alone have a voice.

With the exception of Wu Zetian during the Tang Dynasty, the rulers of ancient times were all men, and they naturally sought their own benefits, not only to enjoy most of the resources, but also to women. In ancient times, the value of women was to serve men and give birth. Most women in ancient times were politically influential, on the oppressed side.

Men's attitudes towards women are also domineering and aggressive, and they tend to use the number of women as a symbol of status and honor.

For example, the emperor with the highest status can marry dozens and hundreds of women in one person, and those with higher status can marry more wives. The working people at the bottom often have only one wife, because they have a low status and a heavy family burden, and cannot afford to marry more wives. So polygamy in ancient times was also limited, often appearing in the upper classes.

Upper class women are less able to survive than those at the bottom. Although the women at the bottom of the family are poor, they will also learn various survival skills to help the family in the process. Women from the upper classes, on the other hand, are more disciplined, and they are more receptive to the polygamy dictated by the ruling class.

In general, because women had a low status in ancient times and had a relatively weak ability to survive, women were vassals of men in ancient times. They cannot rebel against polygamy, nor will they rebel against polygamy.

In ancient times, the concept of "male superiority and inferiority of women" was pursued, and men "had three unfilial pieties, and no descendants were greater", and paid more attention to the succession of ancestors, so polygamy was implemented to reproduce offspring.

Because cultural customs do not allow it, in ancient times, men were inferior to women, and even polyandry was difficult to implement, and such a system would eventually be eliminated by time.

How can polyandry exist, just imagine, several men are jealous of the same woman all day long, and these men are so jealous that they will use knives to cut people!

Polygamy has always been a misconception among people.

In fact, it was not polygamy in ancient times.

Rather, it is monogamous and polygamous.

The status of wives is incomparable to that of concubines.