What do you mean by "three aunts and six women" in ancient times?

Sangu refers to nuns, Taoist nuns and divinatory nuns.

Six old people refer to old people (women who benefit from introducing human trafficking), matchmakers, teachers (witches), pious wives (wives), medicine wives (women who treat people well) and stable wives (women who deliver babies) (see Tao's Record of Dropping out of Farming in Yuan Dynasty, Volume 10).

Cao Qingxue Qin's dream of red mansions source: "I said three aunts and six grandmothers can't."

In the old society, three aunts and six grandmothers often do bad things through this identity, so "three aunts and six grandmothers" are usually used to describe women who are not doing their jobs.

Third aunt of extended information:

1, Taoist, Taoist female.

2. A nun refers to a woman in a temple.

3. Gugu, a woman who specializes in divination.

Liupo:

1, in the old society, Yapo, a woman who profited from human trafficking in China, was introduced.

2. Matchmaker, a woman who specializes in matchmaking for men and women.

3. Shipo, also known as Witch, is a woman who lives by witchcraft.

4. A pious woman refers to a woman who runs A Qin Lou Chu Yuan and engages in pornographic trade.

5, poisonous woman: "Poisonous woman" is the abbreviation of poisonous woman, using drugs to treat diseases or harm people.

6. Steady woman: a person who was used to deliver a baby to a woman in the old society.

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