The ancients often said "three wives and four concubines". What does "three wives and four concubines" mean?

The third wife refers to the first wife, the partial wife and the next wife. The first wife, that is, the wife we usually say, is a big sedan chair, hired by three media and six people, and Ming media is marrying back. There can only be one wife, who has the right to be a housekeeper, and everything in the family is taken care of by her.

The partial wife and the next wife are also called? Wife? But it's just a hollow reputation, strictly speaking, it's just a concubine room. On weekdays, you need to wait on your wife and master, so it is much simpler to get married in the door, and it is not as complicated as your wife. Even so, the status is much higher than that of concubines.

Four concubines refer to concubines, young women, ordinary wives and concubines. Although there is a wife in the birthright, she is actually a real concubine. My concubine's status is very low, and she has no independent rights at home, so she has to obey her wife completely.

Do you have to use it except your wife? Marry yes, all other wives and concubines use it? Na？ Yes So-called? Na？ Just pay. There's no need for a wedding. Just be quiet. Therefore, in the past, the status of concubine room was very low, and the daughter of a good family would rather marry a slightly worse family as a wife than be a concubine.

Even some famous families have clear family rules that women are not allowed to be concubines, otherwise they will be driven out of the house. It can be seen that in the eyes of ancient people, it is a very humiliating and degrading thing for the daughter of a big family to be a concubine.

The contract for the sale of concubines is in the hands of the wife, who can control their whereabouts at will. If my little wife makes my wife unhappy, it is common to beat them up and continue to sell them. Many concubines live in fear at home and dare not cross the line.

Moreover, children born to concubines usually have no right to raise them in their own names and must be sent to their wives to raise them. You can't call your real mother your mother, but you must call your first mother your mother. You can only call your real mother? Aunt? Or? Little Niang? Wait a minute.