In the late Qing Dynasty, the poor had no money and could not afford to marry a wife, but what should they do if they wanted to inherit the lineage? This may be something that can't be done. But in the old society, someone actually thought of a way to deal with it, that is to marry a wife. What does that mean? That is, women are traded as goods, and there is no human rights at all.
Actually, pawning a wife was not something that happened in the late Qing Dynasty. It was a bad practice in ancient times. In simple terms, pawning your wife is pawning your wife to others for a period of time, and you get paid. The wife went to the poor man's house to deal with the inheritance of the lineage and then came back to live. The poor in ancient times had no money and could not get a wife, so they used this way to pawn their savings, which might be graduates, to pawn a wife to bear children for themselves, and send them back after a few years. This is the evil habit of trampling on women's rights. .
1. Wife marriage
Some friends may ask: "Equality between men and women, why would a wife agree to such an unreasonable request?" Actually, everyone does not know that equality between men and women is only after the establishment of the new China , when we bid farewell to the old society. Social phenomenon. The status of in ancient women's and was quite low, and women had no right to speak when a man made a decision.
Therefore, when a man of his own family agrees to marry his wife, even if the wife is unwilling, it is impossible to refuse her husband's request. This is the sad part of ancient women. It is understood that this evil habit originated from the Han Dynasty, when wars often occurred, and many ordinary people sold their wives in order to survive.
Later, under the government's crackdown on , this situation of selling wives was effectively alleviated, but the nature of wives selling changed again in the late Qing Dynasty.Because at this time, the country is in the stage of internal and external troubles, and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive. In order to survive, has changed from selling his wife to and .
According to the introduction of the unofficial history of and in the Qing Dynasty, at that time the marriage of a married wife was prevalent to the highest degree . When a general of the Hunan Army was down, he had to give his wife to others in order to survive, and he used the silver taels in exchange for his life. It can be seen that poverty makes everyone lose their rationality.
Some documents from the Qing Dynasty once mentioned the marriage of a wife. and this bad habit of and actually spread to many places in China, and finally formed an industry and became universal, just like what everyone now calls the industry chain.
Second, the marriage process
Some people think that the marriage of a wife is relatively simple and belongs to an ordinary business, but it is not. Although it is a transaction, it also has a process. It is similar to marriage. Both men and women are introduced by matchmaker . If both parties like it, they will sign a corresponding agreement. After the man has given the dowry, the payer can take the woman home.
On the surface, this is similar to an ordinary marriage, but the most critical link is to sign an agreement. is because in the agreement, the time to marry the wife, the price agreed by both parties, etc. will be specified. It is understood that the general time is three to five years, but the price is different due to the conditions of different women. The price of
basically considers the following factors, woman's age, appearance, figure, rental time and so on. One of the most critical conditions is that women must be fertile. After all, renting it back is mainly used to give birth to children and to pass on the lineage.
When the agreement is signed, the woman will be pawned out according to the requirements of the agreement. During the time specified by both parties, the woman is not allowed to return to her original home, nor can she live with her real husband, including the children she gave birth to. . In simple terms, a lease agreement is a deed of sale to a woman.
When the rental fee is received, it has nothing to do with women, basically it is spent by men. I remember an old saying: " people in troubled times are like cheap grass," and that's what happened to the woman who was pawned at this time. In order to survive, is omnipotent and , and all the methods that can be thought of are used, which is a tragedy.
3. The government cracked down on
The government in the late Qing Dynasty had no time or energy to manage so many things, but this kind of thing violated human relations, so the Qing government also issued some corresponding laws and regulations. behavior to combat. The processing method is that if both parties know that they want to marry their wives, the men on both sides will each play eighty-eighty boards, and their property will be confiscated.
However, once such management measures are taken out, it is still unable to curb this trend of marriage. The reason for is that everyone knows and , and they will change their opinions and say that they send their wives out to work for others to earn living expenses.
In order to avoid being caught by the official government, in the agreement, they changed a lot of theories about this behavior of pawning a wife, so that the government could not implement the crime, such as marrying a wife, partnering or sending . There are policies on the top and countermeasures on the bottom. In this way, everyone can continue this bad habit and then survive.
It is understood that there were also some wealthy families at that time who were also married. It is not that they are poor and have no money to live, but that they have lived with their wives for a long time and have no passion, so they make themselves happy by exchanging wives, which is a very stupid behavior.
This custom started from the Han Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and was mainly popular among the poor people. Although the government has been cracking down, but the impact of the social environment and the low economic conditions have been repeatedly banned. Especially when disasters come, many people are displaced because of this, which is even more obvious.
But many ordinary people follow traditional feudal thinking, they prefer to believe that "there are three things without filial piety, and no successor is the greatest." so-called no business, no harm. If there is buying, there will be selling. This is the drawback of the old society.
In the old society, if there is no male in the family, even if the status of rises to the level of princes and nobles, down to the common people, one of the most fearful things is the fear of being laughed at by others. Backwardness, ignorance, and feudalism were the characteristics of that era, and under such circumstances, it was indeed the society that forced the marriage to take place.
The old society is over, the new era is at our feet. This kind of thing will no longer happen in today's motherland. I hope everyone learns to cherish the opportunity, love the people they love, and live a happy life every day. It was the bright era that women in the old society most expected.
4. Summary
As a person in the new era, if there is no such story, I believe it is difficult for everyone to believe that the status of women from ancient times to the late Qing Dynasty was so low. Nowadays, equality between men and women is being emphasized everywhere. We must thank our new China and our socialist system for this move. Only in such an environment can we live better and happier.
I heard some friends say that they hope that they can go back to ancient times through time travel. In fact, what I want to say is that if you really go back, it is estimated that you will regret it in less than two days. If you don’t cherish living in a happy environment now, do you really want to live a hard life? Live in the moment and enjoy the beauty of the moment, this is the most correct choice.
