Chinese society is a backward society, and the people's way of life is farming and handicrafts. Therefore, men naturally assume the heavy responsibilities of the family and society, and women have become vassals of men, which has caused many "boxers" to criticize the unfairness of men and women.
Due to the imbalance of gender, polyandry was created in ancient times, and men could according to their own needs, and at the same time, women were also influenced by the Confucian concept of chastity, "from the beginning to the end", that is, after marrying their husbands, they had to guard their husbands like jade.
In ancient times, due to the longevity of women, there was no need for "chastity", which caused social instability. This is not a confinement of women, but an objective protection of women in the context of a specific era.
This is consistent with the basic conditions for men to abide by "integrity".
In ancient China, although Confucianism gave some advice to both men and women, they were not legally compelled to do so. Because women's productivity is low, their lives will be difficult without the help of men.
So, the law allows a woman to divorce, she can divorce if her husband is still alive, and if her husband is dead, she can remarry. Although some women adhere to chastity and raise children under the influence of Confucian concepts and under the influence of their husbands, there are very few women who can be rewarded by the imperial court or canonized by the emperor.
So, compared with the Central Plains Dynasty of agricultural civilization, what is the marriage situation of the herdsmen who live by animal husbandry in the border areas?
Nomadic herders, who depend on herding for their livelihoods, often migrate in order to survive. They are generally divided into small clans, each with its own pasture and its own territory.
However, in the case of low agricultural production efficiency, animals must follow the principle of "survival of the fittest" in order to fight for limited resources. Many times, the various tribes will fight and grab each other because of the problem of territory and numbers.
Because of the lack of sufficient supplies, they were full of longing for the rich Central Plains Dynasty. On weekdays, either out of internal contradictions or out of fear of the Central Plains Dynasty, they all chose to remain silent.
However, when a great disaster comes, or when the gap between the rich and the poor in the Central Plains Dynasty is too large, these people will join forces to attack the Central Plains Dynasty and plunder the property.
Because of the harsh living conditions, these herders eat meat and milk as their main food, and their physique is strong, and the wars and raids between tribes have fueled their wildness.
This kind of innate warrior is the biggest threat to the Central Plains Dynasty. Then again, since the large ranches did not have enough manpower to raise and raise, most of the tribes were divided into several small tribes, each with a different area of pasture.
The stronger a tribe is, the more fertile their grasslands will be. Therefore, the big tribes will devour the other tribes, and those tribes will rely on the big tribes to avoid being devoured, and they can also strengthen themselves by plundering the supplies of their own kind, which leads to fights and fights between tribes, and sometimes the fights between tribes are also very fierce.
The strength of a tribe depends on whether it has enough numbers. The prosperity and decline of a tribe is often determined by the number of women.
A beautiful woman can cause a big fight. Therefore, inter-tribal fights are often fought over resources and women on the grassland. The winning side will kill all the men of the defeated side to avoid retaliation.
Like Genghis Khan, the "generation of Tianjiao", was abducted by his father and his biological mother was also taken away by him. His beautiful wife, Balti, had been taken captive by other tribes, but he himself was not as tall as a wheel, and was let go by the enemy.
In this cannibalistic world, the emotional outcome between a man and a woman is obvious. In this prairie where strength is respected, the relationship between men and women is an almost impossible luxury.
As a result, their marriages are often "deformed", and after the loss of their husbands, women follow basic norms such as siblings, the death of their fathers, and the inheritance of their sons, while ignoring ethics. What's worse is that if there is not enough strength, men can't even keep their wives, and even in the tribe, women will be hooked up or hooked up with other powerful men, and their chastity is like a pile of garbage.
In the eyes of the prairie men, women are nothing more than "goods" that can be traded or robbed, just like other animals that represent money. In this case, the treatment of women is even less so.
In the eyes of an emotional woman, power is not all love, and may include other aspects. However, for various reasons, they often have to submit to a man they don't like, and in this case, how can they have love?
So, in the battle between the clans, many women are not too sad, they have become accustomed to this kind of robbery game based on "strength", and they have even seen it strange. Perhaps, they will think that this is the end of a nightmare, a new beginning.
In the face of great strength, there is no power to resist, but life is better than death. For thousands of years, the Xiongnu in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Rouran in the Jin and Jin dynasties, the Turks in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Mongol periods in the Song and Ming dynasties, although they have experienced the rise and fall of the changes, their customs and customs are still inherited to this day, which is unchangeable, which is embarrassing.
Individuals are often so small in the tide of this era, and the weight of life makes people lose themselves and have to follow the trend. Whether it is the women of the Central Plains who abide by chastity, or the women of the grassland and other places who regard chastity as a mustard, they can not escape the tragic end of being "at the mercy".
However, until the Industrial Revolution, only women under the Central Plains Dynasty were not "objectified", which cannot but cause people to think.
Everything in the world is like this, and there must be something to give. As for the gains and losses of these ancients, it is the benevolent who sees the benevolent, and the wise see the wise. ”