On the marital issues of the main character
Seeing that many readers in the book review area were discussing the issue of the protagonist's wife and concubine, there were a few words that were not unhappy.
First of all, it should be explained that it was an ancient custom for nobles, eunuchs, and even wealthy commoners to take concubines, but they were neither laws nor morals, and even the heirs of Guangyan were just a cover for men to satisfy their desires. In ancient times, the infant mortality rate was indeed high, but as long as there was nothing wrong with the husband and wife, the population could basically continue to reproduce and not become extinct. Personally, the matter of having no heirs and children is also recognized by law and custom. Yuan Shao became the great sect of the Yuan family because of his succession, and the reason why he was looked down upon by Yuan Shu was not because of his succession, but because he was just born to a concubine.
In any case, the aristocracy and wealthy families can get relatively good medical security, and the survival rate of their children is much higher than that of the poor people, but the poor cannot afford to take concubines, and they do not see that the bottom is living less and less, and finally extinct?
Secondly, as far as this book is concerned, although Pei Gai has no legal heir, it will definitely affect the cohesion of the whole group. Some readers and friends accuse the protagonist of being in his twenties and refusing to marry early and have children, thinking that it is unreasonable. However, it must be taken into account that even if the aristocracy devotes all their energy to their careers (studying, paying tribute, and going to office), there are many people who marry late; Second, Pei Caicai escaped from the camp, went south to Jiangzuo and then crossed north to Xuzhou soon after, when his career was founded, how could there be any need to unite small groups? Even if there is an heir, if he dies in the Xuzhou stage, it is impossible for the small group to continue to maintain. If you don't know what will happen tomorrow today, how can you have the time to imagine the day after tomorrow?
It is not until he enters Chang'an that the protagonist can be said to be full-fledged, the Pei Group is gradually taking shape, and the issue of heirs needs to be included in the agenda. So Pei should marry Yu Xun and get a son, and he looks quite healthy at present, so he still has to take a concubine? Even if Baoda hangs up now, there is still one more in Xun's stomach, and there is no reason to rush to take a concubine.
That is, in the heart of ordinary parents, whoever looks at the child in front of him will think that he is going to die, so I have to give birth to a few more preparations...... Even if you prepare a spare tire, two or three sons are enough, so why bother asking for concubines? Does the family have to be prosperous if it has more sons? The industry is so big, once it passes the critical point of separation, it will become weaker and weaker.
I think the biggest difference between people today and the ancients is the natural improvement of morality in some aspects, and it is likely that it is deeply rooted in the marrow through the environment and education. The ancients believed that people were born into three, six, nine and so on, which was destined by God and could not be changed by human beings, and even some people should not even have human rights - barbarians are like beasts, what kind of people? But in the eyes of today's people, even if life is varied, the basic personality is equal, and in our country and society, the slogan of equality between men and women has been shouted since before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
So for today's Chinese, if they still think that men and women are inherently unequal in personality (don't be surprised, I've seen a lot of similar remarks on Weibo), in my opinion, it must be an ancient zombie resurrection.
In ancient times, the common people regarded the nobles and eunuchs as heaven, and the nobles and eunuchs regarded the imperial power as heaven. Even if we are naturally nervous when we see high-ranking officials, it is out of fear of power and consideration of the gains and losses of interests, and we will not feel that the other party is naturally nobler than you, right?
Therefore, in Pei Gai's view, and in the author's view, although women are generally under-informed and inferior in status based on the social environment, the personalities of men and women are also equal, so since they are equal, how can they take concubines? Don't say anything about this is a male instinct, concubinage is a social problem, not a physiological one.
In my own case, I don't pretend to be a saint, in my opinion, regardless of social morality and family issues, it is true that the vast majority of men fantasize about sleeping with all the beauties in the world. But solving physiological needs is a matter of one thing, introducing more women into the family is another thing, family is not only caused by ** and blood, but also caused by emotion, if I want to show love to multiple women at the same time, I really can't do it - oh, the old lady and the girl are counted separately. I believe that there are men who can not only do this, but even have fun with it, and I have people like this among my friends, but the idea is just as common as mine, and it can't be considered too unusual.
Therefore, projected into my works, in response to different social environments, it is normal for the protagonist to take concubines or even multiple concubines or even polygamy, and it cannot be said that it is abnormal to insist on having one wife without concubines, it mainly depends on how the character is planned. You can say that Pei should be hypocritical and laugh at his persistence, but you can't say that this setting is unreasonable.
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