The beginning of the status of women was to let the people leave Chang'an
Seeing his subordinates ask like this, he also saw that the people are like this now, he knew that he persuaded them, it was very likely that they would steal chickens and rice, but he also smiled and said: "I know that I can't persuade everyone, and I also know that most of you don't believe in myself, although my ability to plant and release is limited, but I won't let everyone be harmed, just now you group of gatekeepers asked me why I let them go, because they are our food and clothing parents, without them we would not be able to have a good life today, Therefore, I must also keep them, and give them two hundred men to escort them out of Chang'an for fifty miles. ”
At this time, they were also very moved, they actually didn't want to leave, but when the war came, their wives and children couldn't keep it, let alone them? There is a saying that your family can't keep it, let alone them? Now that this situation is difficult for every family to read, this time their group of people can at least be saved, but how many ordinary people can really escape, those very old people, if they want to go, they will not go far, they can only stay in this place, and then look forward to their own officials to guard the border city.
This group of people is just a group of young people, that is, people in their twenties and thirties, forty or fifty years old, and the rest of the old people and children are really not that they don't want to bring, but they are too big, too much, they can only run away by themselves, and the family can only find another way to solve it. This time, they were very happy to hear that their safety could be solved, and they also said thank you, my lord!
At this time, he also drew out less than one-third of his troops, and let his subordinates protect them, so that they could get out of Chang'an City safely, and now they have also sent several people to protect them out of Chang'an and escape to other places. But they protected a lot of people and left, even some dignitaries have left, these places, now this group of people have left, some ancient women, they don't have much rights at all, they can only take care of their wives and children, why can't they go, because their children's parents are in this place, they can go but their families can't go, now this group of soldiers have taken their men away, what accidents will happen? Let's take a look!
Today's women are markedly different from those of ancient times. When modern people mention ancient China, when it comes to women's social status, they always criticize and write about it, and the traditional etiquette and religion cruelty to women, stipulating "three obedience and four virtues" for them, and since then there has been no light and it will never be able to turn over. In fact, the decline of women's status is that after the Song Dynasty when Song and Ming Dynasty science prevailed, in the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, the society was relatively open, and the status of women was not low.
Today, let's start with the Han Dynasty and take a look at this historical fact. After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, became the emperor, he first named Lu Pheasant as the queen, his son Liu Ying as the crown prince, and later posthumously named his mother Mrs. Zhaoling, but there was nothing to do with his father Liu Taigong. After another two years or so, Liu Bang successively named Liu Jia, Liu Xi, Liu Jiao, and Liu Fei as kings, and the great heroes below Prime Minister Xiao He were also awarded respectively, and the title of his father Liu Taigong was still not discussed.
"Historical Records" records very clearly that in the "sixth year of Gaozu", Liu Taigong was crowned with the head sign of "Emperor Taishang". There is another story in this. After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, became the emperor, he went to greet his father every five days because of feudal filial piety. When Liu Bang came to visit, Mrs. Liu took a broom like a miscellaneous man, watched his son retreat, and greeted his master like a slave. Liu Bang was very strange and asked what was going on. Later, I heard that it was the housekeeper's idea to ask Mrs. Liu to greet the emperor with the courtesy of a courtier. Liu Bang was both happy and embarrassed. Only then did he attach importance to his father, and finally listened to the advice of the minister, and helped Liu Taigong to the position of "Emperor Taishang".
Liu Bang first sealed his mother but forgot his father, in fact, there was indeed an important historical and cultural phenomenon of "respecting the mother but not the father" at that time. That is, in the Han Dynasty, women had a higher social status and were able to exert greater social influence. Because since time immemorial, the Hourao lineage has been determined from the matrilineal aspect, which is determined by the marriage relationship in ancient times. In the past, our surnames were mostly from the side of "female", such as Ji, Jiang, Ying, Ji, Fei, Yao, Fei, Shu, Shi, Chang, etc., all of which are like this, and this custom has been handed down.
In the Han Dynasty, we can still see the remnants of this ancient cultural phenomenon. Liu Rong, the eldest son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, was called "Prince Li" because his mother was Li Ji. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's son Liu Zhili was the crown prince, and his biological mother was Empress Wei Zifu, so he was also called "Prince Wei". Liu Ju's son Liu Jin is also known as "Shi Huangsun" because his biological mother is Shi Liangdi. Princess Pingyang also has her mother's surname and is called "Princess Sun". Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, was called "Dong Hou" because he was personally raised by the Empress Dowager Dong.
This phenomenon is not only prominent in the royal family, but also among the wang family. During the Gaozu period, Xiahou Ying, his great-grandson Xiahou Po married Princess Pingyang, because Princess Pingyang is also known as "Princess Sun", so his descendants also followed the ancient customs and changed their surname to Sun. This phenomenon is preserved in the customs of the more backward ethnic groups, the customs of the Huns, and the descendants of the nobles all take their mother's surname.
In the Han Dynasty, not only did many descendants inherit their mother's surname, but also frequently appeared in the case of women being marquis. For example, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, named his sister-in-law Yin Anhou. During the period of Empress Lü's autocracy, in order to repay Xiao He's special contribution to the Lü regime, Empress Lü named Mrs. Xiao He as the Marquis of Xu, and his wife and sister Lü Chi as the Marquis of Linguang. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also once respected Zang'er, the queen mother, as the king of the plains. In the historical books of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, there are more than 30 cases of women being crowned marquis and kings.
The famous ancient Chinese narrative poem "Peacock Flying Southeast" is the story of the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Lanzhi was not treated well by her mother-in-law, and her husband was forced to divorce her. After Liu Lanzhi returned to her parents' home, many proposers immediately came to the door to talk about marriage, which shows that it was not a shame for women at that time to remarry. Therefore, before the Han Dynasty, it was obvious that women had a high social status.
The social status of women has completely undergone a big reversal, which should be a matter after the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, because Cheng Zhu Lixue strongly advocated "preserving reason and destroying people's desires", he constrained women from the ethics and morality of "three obedience and four virtues" and "three outlines and five constants", and later even proposed to women that "starvation to death, loss of moderation is a big thing", believing that women's observance of festivals is the biggest thing. As a result, women's social status deteriorated, and they never turned over until they were liberated.
It is not false to look at the group of people who have left at this moment, their wives and children are tearful to see their group of people leave, they have too many unavoidable places in their hearts, this is because they don't know if there is a chance to meet their relatives This group of people is not, at this moment the seed release is also secretly hating himself as a festival envoy can not guard Chang'an, resulting in the displacement of the people now, Chang'an is the rich and powerful businessmen who are officials in Chang'an have already run away when they heard the attack of the Liao army, The rest of the people had no choice but to leave the country, silently abandon their wives and children and leave this place, and go to other places to seek a way to survive, as for the next time they will meet the Liao army, that will be later.