What is the origin of the Chinese s concept of marriage, and how does it develop?

In the very beginning of primitive societies, human beings were all ethnic marriages, that is, they lived in the wild, without a fixed partner, and at the same time, after the birth of children, they did not know who their parents were, and they had no brothers and sisters. However, when human beings entered the age of firearms and knew about the use of fire, most of the human beings at this time were small groups, that is, group life. Although the partners of this period lived together, they were familial and excluded from intermarriage between parents and children.

In the third period, the era of marriage arises, that is, there are prohibitions or restrictions on the relationship between the sexes. At this time, intermarriage between brothers and sisters was not allowed, but because there was no blood constraint, the salient feature of marriage in this period was that men could find women from other families to intermarry, and women could also find men from other families to intermarry, and at this time there would be a situation of brothers and wives and sisters co-husbands.

Later, because of the development of society, the population has increased significantly in terms of quantity and quality. At the same time, because siblings and collateral relatives could not intermarry, the children of men and women in this period were owned by women after finding spouses in other families and giving birth to children, so a matrilineal society emerged during this period.

Later, with the development of the economy and the period when goods could be exchanged, it was forbidden to intermarry between relatives, which led to the emergence of couples. Couples are actually very fragile and only exist for a short period of time. Later, due to the outbreak of war, a large number of men died on the battlefield, and finally there was a surplus of women.

Therefore, at this time, men could have multiple wives in addition to having their own wives, and at the same time they could also commit adultery with other women. And this weak relationship leads to the fact that some women give birth to children who do not know whose children they are, and finally the matriarchal society collapses, and the status of men in society is getting higher and higher.

Finally, it was also because of this phenomenon that led to the emergence of autogamy, which is now monogamy. The birth of autocracy replaced matriarchal societies into patriarchal societies, while the means of production remained privately owned. The birth of the autocratic system made the relationship between husband and wife stronger.

The concept of marriage is that young couples and old companions come together, from the beginning to the end. However, the trend towards divorce is getting higher and higher.

In the early days, there was no human restriction, and anyone could be together, but later with the further development of civilization, the concept of marriage also began to have requirements, no close relatives, no reluctance, and both parties needed to like it.

Marriage, from the primitive group marriage to the blood marriage and then to the period of partnership marriage, is a social need and a historical necessity, marriage relationship is the most complex relationship, and the concept of marriage will be very different in different periods.