Men and women are equal in modern society. However, in ancient times, men's status was much higher than women. It was common for men to have three wives and four concubines. However, during the period of Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang established a privilege for women. It means that if the husband cheats on her husband, the wife has the right to kill her husband without any punishment. Later generations felt that this privilege was unfair to men, and it was banned during the Western Han Dynasty.
Why did Qin Shihuang enact this privilege? This is related to the background of the times. At that time, people in the Qin State lived together without distinction between men and women, and a large family lived together. Some princes looked down upon it, so in Shang Yang's reform, it was clearly stipulated in Shang Yang's Reform that children must separate their families when they reach adulthood, otherwise taxes would be increased. This distinction between adults is Whether to take a wife or not. In the Qin State, there are also two ways of marrying a wife. One is the way of the rich and the other is the way of the poor.
When a rich man marries a wife, the parents have to divide the family property for their son, build a house, buy furniture, buy out the person, and finally hire three matchmakers and six people to get married. Finally separated. This process costs a lot of money, so poor people cannot meet this standard. Therefore, at that time, poor men would marry into the homes of wealthy women. After marrying into their wives, they would have to do housework and do any trivial things at home. Their family status was only lower than The servant is taller and has a very low social status. Yan Shigu of the Tang Dynasty once said about a son-in-law: "To say that he should not be in his wife's house is like a wart on a person's body, which is not what it should be."
< p>At that time, Qin Shihuang established privileges for women with surrogate sons-in-law. Women could kill their cheating husbands. Later, because it was really unfair to men and human lives should not be taken away like this, later generations banned it. this privilege.