After my country implements monogamy, what should we do with those concubines? In movies and TV dramas, those young and beautiful concubines holding cigarettes in their mouths always wear cheongsams and shuttle enchantingly in various social situations. Although they are called concubines, they are actually just another name for "concubine". So the founding of New China After that, what is their final destination? After leaving their original husbands, will their ending be good or bad?
Our country has had the concubinage system since the Xia Dynasty . It has a history of more than 2,000 years. Until the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, in order to achieve equality between men and women , the government stipulated the implementation of the monogamy system. However, when it was implemented, But there are many difficulties.
Because of the ancient system of monogamy and multiple concubines, the feudal concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is difficult to change it in a short period of time. What's more, the several upper-level personnel who perform this task have many wives and concubines at home, and even law enforcement can't do it. , how can you still force people to implement it? Therefore, this system is just talk on paper, and not many people implement it at all.
Until 1950, the country promulgated the first Marriage Law of New China, which clearly stipulated the equality of men and women, freedom of marriage, and the implementation of monogamy. If you don't implement it this time, you will be jailed. This made those men with groups of wives and concubines unable to sit still, and some with high ideological consciousness dispersed their wives and concubines early.
But there are still a group of feudal and stubborn old people who try different ways to deal with it but never implement it. For example, they engage in fake divorces and disguise their wives and concubines as their servants. This creates great difficulties for the implementation of this system. But there are also some realistic factors that can be understood, because some men may have bought their wives or concubines, or they may have been raised as child brides. They are dependent on their husbands and have no survival skills. Coupled with the solidification and conservatism of their thoughts, they just live in it. If they take it apart, their livelihood may be cut off.
Therefore, considering the imperfection of this system, the country improved the system two years later. This solved the problems at that time and the lives of the aunts and wives were also guaranteed.
Starting in 1952, the concubine could decide her own way out. Because the marriage law promulgated by the country stipulates that if you want to maintain the status quo and not divorce, then there will be no interference. If you want to divorce, the government can terminate the relationship, so that women finally have autonomy in marriage.
Most women have also chosen divorce. This is also the progress of the times. Women's freedom has been guaranteed and they can no longer be oppressed. In addition, men are not allowed to have concubines anymore, otherwise they will be guilty of bigamy , which is to Jailed.
Among them, the anti-Japanese hero "Commander Fool" Fan Shaozeng carried out this order very well, and dealt with the concubines well and affectionately. Fan Shaozeng was a former Kuomintang officer who surrendered during the uprising. After the promulgation of the Marriage Law, he immediately offered to keep only one wife, and the other concubines could find their own way out.
It was up to Fan Shaozeng to decide which one to keep. Surprisingly, he chose his original wife because he felt that the original wife was old and had no ability to make a living. He should be responsible for taking care of her. For this, the concubines They also remain respectful. In the end, Fan Shaozeng gave the other five concubines a large amount of money and asked them to survive on their own. After the last five concubines hugged each other and cried, they each found a way out.
There is only one concubine, Ye Shaofang, who vows to follow Fan Shaozeng to the death. She also says that she is his person in life and his ghost in death. Fan Shaozeng has no choice but to think of a compromise method, which is to send her far away. They lived together, thinking that time would dilute everything. However, several years later, Ye Shaofang was still reluctant to leave Fan Shaozeng. Finally, his superiors found out about this and asked Fan Shaozeng to take Ye Shaofang back. At this time, they lived together again. . This can be considered a good ending, but there are still some aunts and wives who live an even more miserable life after leaving their original husbands.
The first result is to get married. During the Republic of China, most concubines were concubines of powerful officials. Although they could no longer live in the same luxury as before after divorce, they were already free. With their previous wealth, they were free. After saving up, I can also find an honest person to live the rest of my life in peace, which is a good result.
But there are still some aunts and wives who may have lived too comfortably before, so after the divorce, they have no skills to make a living, and they have developed bad habits, such as gambling, etc. No one can pay off their debts for them, but because of her Accustomed to living a life of luxury and extravagance, they do not look down on ordinary people, so they may beg on the streets or even sell themselves to make ends meet.
Another way is not to divorce, but to wait for the wife to become the first wife. There are some families with concubines. They may only have one or two concubines, so if the wife passes away, the concubine can be the first wife. In this way It is also a monogamous family. This can also be said to be the best ending for the concubine. Her status and treatment have become higher.
For example, after Liang Qichao's first wife passed away, his only concubine took care of Liang Qichao as his first wife. However, there were also many concubines who were forced to not support themselves and still lived with their original husbands and wives. One wife and one concubine had always been Live till death.
In any case, concubines in ancient times were products of feudal society, and the marriage law promulgated by the state fully respects their choices, which is worthy of recognition.
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