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1、TheMarriageSystemandWoman’sPositioninAncientChinaThemarriagesysteminancientChinaisanimportantissueofChineseancientculturehistoryresearch.TheethicsinChinesefeudalsocietythinks:"faint(marriage),isthebasisofetiquette,”consideringthatmarriageasthebeginningofinterpersonalrelati
2、onship.Itisbecausemarriageoccupiesanimportantpositionsocalled"marriageaffair"or“lifetimeaffair”.InancientChina，themarriagesystemwasmonogamy.Eventheemperoralsojusthadonewife,atthattime,aslongasitwasundercertainconditions(mainlysufficientmateriaandhighstatus),anyonecouldmarr
3、yalotof“wives”,buttheywerecalledconcubinesandcouldnotsayhiswife.Aswassimilartothecommonpeople.Concerningtheetiquetteofancientmarriage,theprocesscouldsaidtobequitecomplicatedandtroublesome.Comparedwith“nakedmarriage”—themostfashionableandconvenienttypeofmarriagenowadays,inm
4、yopinion,ancientmarriagewasaheadachestuff.Thewholeprocessmainlyincludedsixprocedures,thatis,纳采[nacai]meantifamanwantedtomarryagirl,hewouldsendamatchmakertoproposeamarriage,ifthegirlpermitted,thenthemanwouldsendsomegifts;问名[wenming]meantthemansentthematchmakertoaskthegirl’s
5、nameandherbirthdaytocastahoroscope;纳吉[naji]meantifthehoroscopewaswell-matched,thenthematchmakerwouldinformthenewstothegirl,andsenthergiftsasengagement;纳征[nazheng]meantthemansidewouldsendbetrothalgiftthegirlside;请期[qingqi]meantthemansidewouldsendsomeonetoinformthegirlsideth
6、edaythattheywouldgetmarried;亲迎[qinying]meantthemanwenttothegirl’shometomarryhisbrideonhisown.Amongthesixprocedures,wildgoosewasconsideredthemostimportantgift.[《礼》曰：女子十五许嫁，纳采、问名、纳吉、请期、亲迎，以雁为贽。纳征用玄熏，故不用雁也。]WhywildgooseinancientChinawassoimportant?First,wildgoosewasakindofmig
7、ratorybirds,whenevernorthtosouthorsouthtonorth,theywouldobeytherule,neverbreakthepromiss.Itsymbolizethemutualfaithaftermarriage,husbandandwife’sundyingdevotion;second,wildgoosewasthebirdalongwithYang,explainedthewomanmarriedwouldfollowherhusband;third,thewildgeesebehavedor
8、derlybothwhenflyingandmotionless,whichsymbolizedthewomanmarriedmustrespectforseniority,wh
