A, the emperor's harem ostentation and extravagance since the qin dynasty, the emperor has become the supreme ruler of China's feudal history of more than two thousand years. The emperor's authority is not only reflected in his guiding the country, giving orders to the world, keeping his promise and killing people to seize power, but also the emperor's harem, that is, family life, is very different from ordinary people in terms of specifications and scale. There is a poem to prove it: "There are other ladies in his court, and there are 3,000 stunning beauties, but his love for 3,000 is concentrated on one body" "The stars are shining, and the makeup mirror is also open; Lv Yun came forward and combed Xiao Huan; Nutrient flow is greasy, and fat water is abandoned; The smoke is oblique and foggy, and the peppers are burning. " It is said that the number of beautiful women in the emperor's harem is huge. Why do you say that the Imperial Concubine was mentioned in the Third Palace and Sixth Hospital? Because according to language habits, there are usually seventy-two concubines behind the three palaces and six courtyards, which mainly refers to the establishment of the emperor's harem. Without the scale of three palaces and six courtyards, how can we accommodate many concubines of the emperor? 2. Which three palaces? Which sixth hospital? Many people got this word from the dramas of the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, the harem system of "three palaces and six courtyards" that people said also refers to the harem system of the whole feudal society. However, the formulation of three palaces and six courtyards as a harem system is based on the complex of the Forbidden City. From the architectural layout, the Forbidden City is bounded by Gan Qing Gate, with an outer court in the south and an inner court in the north, which was built according to the ancient regulations of "front yard and rear bedroom", with the outer court as the official residence and the inner court as "three palaces and six courtyards". The three palaces, also known as the last three palaces, refer to the Gan Qing Palace where the emperor lived, the Kunning Palace where the queen lived, and the Jiaotai Hall between Gan Qing Palace and Kunning Palace. Jiaotai Hall, which means "Heaven and Earth are in harmony, taking the Book of Changes as the head of the group classics", stands in this hall with the iron sign "Inner Palace shall not interfere in political affairs". There are six palaces in the east and west of the three palaces, and the six palaces in the east road are Ren Jing Palace, Chenggan Palace, Zhongcui Palace, Jingyang Palace, Yonghe Palace and Yan Xi Palace (are you familiar with them); "Six palaces on West Road are Yongshou Palace, Yikun Palace, Palace of Gathered Elegance, Xianfu Palace, Changchun Palace and Qixiang Palace. Because each Miyagi is built in the form of a quadrangle, it is called "East Sixth Courtyard" and "West Sixth Courtyard". Therefore, the "Sixth Hospital" is actually the Twelfth Hospital. After introducing the harem system in Qing dynasty, let's take a look at the historical evolution of "three palaces and six hospitals". In The Book of Rites, the queen has six palaces and the prince's wife has three. "Li Zhoutian Doll" said: "The Queen is handsome in the Sixth Hospital. Zheng Xuan noted the six palaces and said, "One is for sleeping, and the other is for sleeping, which makes the six palaces. "As can be seen from the above classics, in the period when the enfeoffment system and it have not completely disappeared, the third palace is actually the residence of the vassal's wife, and the sixth palace is the residence of the queen, which can also be understood as the residence of the queen. Therefore, in earlier history, the sixth house was often used to refer to the queen, just as the second house was used to refer to the queen. With the establishment of feudal society and the implementation of the county system, the meaning of the three palaces has changed. The three palaces gradually refer to the three palaces of the emperor, empress dowager and empress, or the three palaces of the empress dowager, empress dowager and empress. For example, in the Han Dynasty, the emperor, empress dowager and empress were collectively referred to as the three palaces, while in the Tang Dynasty, Mu Zongshi also referred to the two queens and queens as the three palaces. The original Sixth Courtyard refers to the palace where empresses live, and later developed into a reference for empresses. Moreover, in the Tang Dynasty, Liugong was no longer a special synonym for the queen, but a general term for empresses. There is a poem to prove that "if she just smiles back, there will be a hundred spells, and the six palaces will be wiped out" refers to the "six palaces". Third, by the way, "seventy-two concubines" is actually not an accurate number, but is only used to describe many wives of the emperor. Take the Qing Dynasty as an example. Kangxi had 4 queens, 3 concubines, 1 concubine,1concubine,1concubine, 15 nobles, 4 ordinary concubines, 9 ordinary concubines and 9 Jinshi. There were three queens, five concubines, five concubines, six concubines, six concubines, 12 nobles, four constant attendants, and 1 promise, totaling 42 people. In the early era of enfeoffment, this figure was amazing. In addition to the fragments selected by the author at the beginning of Epang Palace Fu (these empresses were all captured by the Qin Dynasty from the princes), there are also "nine concubines and six concubines, and thousands of concubines from Chen" in Guan Zi Xiao Kuang, and the system of Zhou Dynasty empresses in Li Hunyi is: "The ancient emperor set up six palaces and three concubines. "I am a writer of literature and history. Please teach me more about my shortcomings and look forward to communicating with you!