Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"What the girl said, Da Miao!"

As soon as Yang Ying's words fell, a young scholar stood up and retorted, saying: "It's useless for women to study!"

"A daughter's family should obey her father at home, obey her husband when she gets married, and obey her husband and wife."

"It's only natural for a man to earn money while a woman takes care of the elderly and children at home. Why should a girl argue?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ying said indifferently: "Forgive me for disagreeing with the remarks made by your step."

"The same people, why are men superior to women? Women can go out to earn money, and men can stay at home to take care of the elderly and children."

"I heard that in ancient times, young and middle-aged men were responsible for hunting, fishing, and defending against wild animals, while women were responsible for collecting, grilling food, sewing clothes, and raising the old and young. The old and the children followed suit."

"At that time, women played a far greater role than women, so they occupied a dominant position, and the leaders were generally held by older women..."

Yang Ying was talking about things in ancient times.

That is, "matrilineal society"!
The production of women is much higher than that of men. At first, prehistoric men could only look for dead animals, and often returned empty-handed. Later, they learned to hunt, but they often suffered great casualties.

Women collect 80% of food, mainly animals and plants (including reptiles, birds, insects, etc.).

Basically, it was an era when women supported the whole tribe, and the greatest duty of men was to protect the tribe.

A matrilineal clan is maintained by matrilineal blood and is passed on through the matrilineal relationship, that is, from grandmother to mother, from mother to daughter, from daughter to granddaughter, and so on, without interruption.

Having a daughter is not considered a root, but having only a son is a root, and the adoptive girl must be the heir...

Among the ancient surnames, such as Jiang, Yao, 妫, 姞, An, Yan, Lou, 嫪, 妘, etc., most of them follow the female characters, and the surname itself is composed of female and student. It can be said that the surname is female, and the lineage is matrilineal. blood.

Even today, there are still some remote areas in Dawu, which belong to the matrilineal clan.

They practice exogamy, and their children follow their mothers, so they are a clan without fathers and husbands.

"Miss Yangying, times have changed, and today is not what it used to be!"

The scholar retorted: "You have to admit that in some respects, women are indeed inferior to men."

"Such as plowing and fighting, what is needed for plowing and fighting is strength, and women have less strength than men. As for learning talent, it varies from person to person, but I think women are still inferior to men in this regard."

"it is good!"

"color!"

The scholars all applauded and cheered.

The final result of this debate is obvious.

A woman's lack of talent is virtue.

In fact, the culture of the people in this era is not the so-called "men are superior to women", and the status of men and women is roughly the same.

In Da Wu’s family legislation, women can have the same status as their husbands in some respects, for example, women can kill their adulterous husbands, husbands who beat their wives are punished the same as wives who beat their husbands, and so on.

Reflected in the issue of women's remarriage, it is very tolerant, and there is a rule that "the husband dies and the wife marries herself, and the one who takes it is not a crime".

However, even so, the scholars also believed that women should not be allowed to join the sequence of compulsory education in Dawu...

Once a woman has a book to read and obtains the exact same status as a man, if the hen sits in the morning, how can it not be messed up in the future?
They push their noses on their faces, what can they do?

The vigorous development of feminism is very likely to cause some unnecessary social conflicts, which is something Qingji does not want to see.

In the end, the scholars and women voted, and Yang Ying's party got only 130 votes, and the proposal was not passed.

Seeing this, Yang Ying couldn't help but become overshadowed.

She knew that her goal could not be achieved, but she still tried.

Qing Ji appreciates such a surplus of sheep.

"Second and third sons, I would like to make a compromise. After obtaining the consent of their parents, girls can also enter school and join the free education sequence."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Everyone shouted.

Qingji's approach is better than nothing.

It is not easy for girls to get their parents to agree to read and write.

Traditional ethics is an important influencing factor.

Even in modern times, many people still think that raising a girl is for others!

In ancient times, even if there were families that were open-minded and able to train their daughters to study, what they taught was nothing more than the way of husband and son...

"Yang Ying, I would like to make you a living servant, with an official rank of [-] shi, who will be responsible for accompanying the holy driver in the future, recording my words and deeds, sending it to the history museum at the end of the season, and editing "Living Notes". Would you like to accept it?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ying immediately knelt down in admiration, and kowtowed to Qingji: "Minister... Your daughter kowtows for your grace!"

"good."

Qingji believed that someone should record their own words and deeds, and then compile them into a book, just like the "Analects" that recorded Confucius' words and deeds.

Has great meaning!
In fact, many people around Qingji also recorded his words and deeds and compiled some letters, but they have not yet been sorted out.

It will probably be made public after Qingji's death!

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!"

"Say."

Yang Ying, who had just been appointed as a housekeeper by Qingji, immediately had something to say, which made Qingji quite curious.

Did she "come prepared"?
"Your Majesty, after my Great Wu wiped out all the countries and unified the world, its descendants either took the country as their surname, or took their surname as their surname, or took their surname as their surname. The surnames have been confused."

"Since that's the case, why doesn't Your Majesty let the surname and family name be combined into one, regardless of each other?"

As soon as Yang Ying's words came out, there was an uproar among the scholars.

I have to admit that Yang Ying's proposal is too bold.

As we all know, surnames and surnames have different meanings, and they are strictly distinguished by express regulations.

In ancient times, as the population multiplied, the primitive tribes split into several new tribes. In order to express their own specificity, the new tribes gave up a common code name, which is "clan", which is the branch of the surname.

It was on this basis that the later Taihao Fuxi family had the pioneering work of "correct surname", which made the Chinese descendants gradually flourish.

Men are called surnames, women are called surnames!
The rule of "not marrying the same surname" lasted until the Zhou Dynasty.

Marriage system and surname system are continuously enriched and confirmed in the form of law...

Now, Yang Ying is trying to break this patriarchal system?

"No!"

Immediately, some scholars stood up and objected, saying: "Your Majesty, the surname is not the reason for marriage, and the family name is not high or low. If the surnames are mixed up and combined into one, how can there be distinction between nobles and commoners? How can there be any difference in marriage?"

"The same surname does not marry, this is the rule from ancient times to the present, how can it be overturned?"

"Your Majesty, please be aware!"

Hearing this, before Qingji could speak, Yang Ying retorted: "What a person with the same surname is not married! What Mr. said is too ridiculous!"

"For example, there are so many people with the surname Ji in the world?"

"Your Majesty has the surname of Ji, and the Wu family. Didn't he also marry many women with the surname of Ji?"