1. The status of women in Song Dynasty was very high, except in modern times. The Song Dynasty was almost the period when the status of women was the highest in the history of China.
In the unique cultural environment of the Song Dynasty, the social status of women in the Song Dynasty has been significantly improved. Their life circle not only includes boudoir life, but also plays polo, visits temple fairs and has various social and cultural activities. Some of these mansions with high family status will have the opportunity to participate in state affairs.
Second, the Song Dynasty attached importance to the education system, especially women's education, which was a highlight of the Song Dynasty civilization.
The Song Dynasty attached importance to the characteristics of literati, and at the same time popularized the educational and cultural level of women. Zhu, a great scholar in Song Dynasty, was a model of advocating women's reading. In his view, as a woman, she also needs to receive cultural education from an early age, both virtuous and talented.
In ordinary families in the Song Dynasty, women could go to private schools for education, while there were many children in government houses, so they could run schools at home for their children to study and educate. In the hit drama "Do you know if it should be green, fat, red and thin?", Sheng's daughters and their brothers are in their own yard, and a special scholar is in charge of their academic education.
The open social atmosphere and the state's attention to the influence of literature in the Song Dynasty made many talented women emerge in the Song Dynasty. Li Qingzhao, Zhu, Zhang are four great poetesss in Song Dynasty.
Even if the feudal society did not allow women to participate in the imperial examination system, it did not affect their love for cultural knowledge. Talented women in the Song Dynasty can not only be good at poetry and painting, but also be good at singing and dancing.
Third, in the marriage relationship in Song Dynasty, the wife had the economic management right of the whole family, the woman had the inheritance right of her parents' property, concubinage had moral restrictions, and the woman could remarry.
1. In the family relationship in the Song Dynasty, the wife (Xiao San) could be the head of the family, and the marriage in the Song Dynasty paid attention to the right match, so the position of Xiao San was not inferior to that of the man, and the education and culture she received from childhood were also quite the same. Influenced by the traditional culture of China, men dominate outside and women dominate inside. However, if a good wife plays a good role, she can also build a solid backing for a family.
2. In Song Dynasty, women enjoyed the same inheritance rights as men, and unmarried women enjoyed the inheritance rights. Even married women have the same inheritance right, but the proportion is lower than that of unmarried women? In the room? .
3. Widowed women in Song Dynasty can remarry after divorce, without discrimination at all. In the fifth year of Xianping in the Song Dynasty, Xiang Minzhong and two prime ministers were punished for quarreling over marrying a widow (Chai Shi, the widow of General Xue, the leader of the Left Alliance). Song Zhenzong Queen Liu E and Song Renzong Queen Cao Shi also remarried.
Fourth, the political status of women in Song Dynasty was very high. There were as many as five queens in the history of Song Dynasty? Listen to politics? .
In political life, it is very common for the Empress and Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty to participate in and discuss state affairs. Liu, the true Sect, listened to politics for eleven years. After her, Empress Dowager Cao and Empress Dowager Gao all listened to politics. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Huanghou experienced four dynasties: high, filial, light and peaceful, and was one of the longest reigning queens in history. Although she didn't listen to politics, she often helped the imperial court through the crisis and was praised by later historians. After her, Li in Guangzong period, Yang in Ningzong period, Jia Fei in Qing dynasty and Xie in the late Southern Song Dynasty all intervened in politics.