The court doesn't care about a woman's age at all. In ancient times, there was no identity card, and the date of birth was often not accurately recorded in the household registration book, or it was not recorded at all.
Ancient women were thirteen, thirteen, maybe fifteen or sixteen, maybe eighteen or nineteen. Many people lie about their age! You think it's really thirteen!
In fact, in ancient society, it was easy for women to get married at a young age. Naturally, everyone said that there was no marriage law in ancient times and there was no age limit for marriage. Nowadays, people must be over 18 years old to get married. Just after liberation, in order to get married as soon as possible, people took pains to say that they were 17 years old and 18 years old!
In short, there is a marriage law. In order to get married, we should talk about age. There are many such things!
There was no marriage law in ancient times, and marriage was their own business. People like to marry early. In order to get married, they often tell small places the age of girls, because most people like young girls!
In addition, if you are immature, you often stay at home for a few more years. Anyway, your parents can't decide your age. In the era without ID card, there is no accurate age!
The error of two or three years old can be big or small!
This is what the so-called "nominal age" means. Girls who mature early use nominal age, while girls who develop late use "real age".
To put it bluntly, ancient people did not recognize the principle of death, and there was no exact age. Age is just a casual expression. If others don't believe me, just say "real age" was said before!
Young people often say that they are "nominal", but they can be big or small!
Ancient people, as long as they are alive, have no restrictions on retirement age and marriage age. Age is actually a big or small thing!
The age of the ancient emperor is unknown to future generations, let alone ordinary people.
For example, Shun Di lived 100 years old, but some people say that he lived 1 10 years old!
The age of Tian Zi Liu Bang is a mystery, and the age of Empress Lv Zhi is also a big secret!
Ancient people were concerned about food and clothing, which was related to eating. Who cares about age?
The age of Shun Di and Liu Bang's wife is a mystery. You'd say it was a long time ago. Do you know the era of Ma Dajiao?
Zhu Yuanzhang's age estimation. There is no record of Ma Dajiao's age in history. Even though she has been queen for decades, no one knows her real age. This is an old woman!
I said to a small place when I was unmarried. I hardly knew my age when I got married!
Now the countryside still chats like this. When they saw the old man, they said, How old are you? The old man will say: What do you think?
The questioner said: da ji is 60 years old! The old man will proudly say: I am over 70 this year!
79 years old is also more than 70, and 7 1 year old is also more than 70, which is a big error!
Therefore, the age of ancient women should not be true! The error of teenagers is also great, mainly depending on the mature situation!
If it is cooked, it will be said that it is big, and if it is cooked, it will be said that it is small!
Young ladies of rich people are often reluctant to get married early, so they hide their age!
Actually, it depends on the girl's physical condition!
As far as I know, until now, some ethnic minorities have never celebrated their birthdays, and they seldom pay attention to their own birthdays.
In ancient society, there was a so-called birthday, but the month and date may be correct, and it is hard to say what year it is!
In short, the age of ancient women is often false and true, so we can't take it too seriously! Usually get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen! This is only nominal. Let's talk about it
Not only in ancient times, but also in the 1930s and 1940s, thirteen-and fourteen-year-old women got married quite a lot. Even in the first 50 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, before the implementation of the Marriage Law, rural women were married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. In the northern countryside, this phenomenon is not a case.
This phenomenon has profound social, economic and cultural reasons. At that time, China society was a backward agricultural natural economy, and labor was the most important factor of production. Women's early marriage and childbearing are both social needs and family needs. Many families have more than a dozen children, seven or eight children and five or six children, which is very common. Early marriage is conducive to having more children. At that time, children took part in agricultural labor and housework from an early age. Girls are the main force in housework. At the age of five or six, I began to take care of my younger brothers and sisters, and at the age of seven or eight, I began to help with housework. A little older, learn to do all kinds of housework. There is a saying in the countryside that "at the age of nine, you are moving a spinning wheel all over the street." At that time, a nine-year-old girl had started spinning cotton. Bigger, weaving, washing, cooking, everything. By the time I was thirteen or fourteen, I had learned all the housework. The custom at that time should be to get married. Women do not need to register with the relevant departments to get married, and there is no age threshold. The matchmaker agreed that if the bride met the bride, the marriage would be completed. For the bride's family, there is no meal, and the younger brothers and sisters soon grow up again. For the man, there is another labor force and a new round of family inheritance begins. With luck, have more boys. Fortunately, the boy has the ability to change the fate of his family. The fate of the family will change.
There are great differences in ideas between ancient and modern people, which are also caused by ideas and customs.
A woman's physiological cycle is seven days, and it ends in 27 days. In the eyes of the old people, women should have their period and ovulation at the age of thirteen or fourteen before they can get pregnant and have children. In the old society, many people didn't live long, life was too short, and they were born when they could. Married men marry mainly to have children, carry on the family line and make incense for the family, which means that the sooner Zhao Hao gets married, the better. Early marriage and early childbearing make many children happy. Marry early and have children early, and you can have many children and be blessed. Under the guidance of this idea, the phenomenon of early marriage and childbearing is very common.
Now is a new era, customs have changed, and many people's thoughts have also undergone great changes. Now China's marriage law also stipulates that men must be at least 22 years old and women must be at least 20 years old to meet the conditions for registered marriage. It is illegal to wait until they are old to get married.
In the past, women didn't have to pay attention to their studies, but only to their families, and they would have children with their husbands. Now the pursuit of equality between men and women, women also pay attention to academic career. I didn't go to junior high school until I was thirteen or fourteen, and graduated from college in my early twenties. Many high-quality women with high diplomas in cities often get married after the age of 30. At present, women in our country usually get married after their twenties, and few have children early, which is very different from the past. Equality between men and women, no longer pursuing more children, unwilling to have more children. What they want is quality prenatal and postnatal care. This has a lot to do with all kinds of pressures in life.
I am arrogant. Let me answer this question.
Indeed, we ancient people got married earlier, and women were going to get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. So why did ancient women get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen? This is because our ancestors judged whether a person could get married only on one condition, that is, whether he had fertility. As 13-year-old women, they are mature and have fertility, so we ancients thought that women at this time could get married and have children. As for the immaturity of women at this time, that is what modern people say. The ancients didn't know so much, and there is no need to know so much. Immature does not affect fertility. When they mature, their fertility may be reversed. In addition, people at that time often lived very short lives. If they advocate late marriage as we do now, I'm afraid human beings may have the possibility of losing their fragrance. Therefore, it is the development of mankind to reproduce in one's lifetime.
That's all I have to answer this question. Welcome to comment.
A: Actually, when a girl is thirteen or fourteen years old and her menstrual cycle is stable and regular, she can have children and carry on the family line.
The ultimate goal of marriage is to have children, carry on the family line and continue the race.
The average life expectancy of ancient people was very short. In fact, thirteen or fourteen years old in ancient times is equivalent to twenty years old now.
Moreover, in ancient times, population was also one of the comprehensive strengths of the country. Therefore, early marriage, early childbearing and population growth are universally recognized lifestyles.
However, due to the current promotion of late marriage and late childbirth, it gives people a solidified impression that girls aged 13 or 14 are not suitable for marriage. In fact, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, they already had the basic conditions for marriage.
Probably because:
1. People thought differently in the past than today. The main purpose of marrying a wife is to carry on the family line. The so-called early marriage and childbearing are flourishing.
Second, there was a custom of betrothal in the old society. The two families have always been close and want to form an in-laws relationship. For the sake of safety, they sent the girl to her future husband's family early and officially became his husband's family. When you reach a certain age, you can consummate your marriage and get married formally. In this way, you don't have to wait until the girl grows up to make trouble.
In the past, people thought that girls belonged to others, and they had to marry their husbands' families sooner or later. Some poor families, in order to reduce the family burden, will marry their daughters early.
Fourth, some families are understaffed. Marrying a daughter-in-law early can add a helper to the family, so there are many early marriages.
In short, the fundamental reason why girls get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen is that there is no law about marriage in the old society, or the law is not perfect, and women are discriminated against and have no social status.
In fact, due to many reasons such as leaving early and poor medical conditions, many women suffer from various gynecological diseases and cannot be effectively treated as soon as possible. Many pregnant women lead to the tragedy of fetal death and mother-child death during childbirth.
After the founding of New China, the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated, which stipulated the legal age for men and women to get married and strictly stipulated monogamy, effectively protecting women's personal rights and social status.
Compared with people today, men and women in ancient times got married earlier, usually around the age of 20, but in some years, when a woman was thirteen or fourteen, her family would arrange for her to get married, and it was normal to have children at this age.
In fact, this is quite understandable, because people in Shou Yuan were quite short at that time, and it was very important to have children, which must be carried out as soon as possible. In addition, increasing the population in ancient times was also a matter that the imperial court and the state attached great importance to.
In the pre-Qin period, the marriage age of men and women in the Zhou Dynasty was "30 for men and 20 for women", but in the Spring and Autumn Period, with the continuous war between vassal States, the marriage age of men and women in most vassal States was decreasing.
Confucius believed that "when a woman marries at the age of fifteen, there is a way to make a man", and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, ordered that "when a woman marries at the age of seventeen, she is guilty", which lasted for thousands of years. In ancient times, there was only an upper limit for women to get married, and there was no minimum age for marriage.
It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the court stipulated the minimum age limit for men and women to get married at that time. Men are at least sixteen, while women are only fourteen. Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties basically continued this system.
In fact, there is no way for the ancients to get married so early, because from the pre-Qin dynasty to the Qing dynasty, the life span of the ancients was not long. Take the emperors as an example. In ancient times, there were 209 emperors whose dates of birth and death can be checked. Only four emperors lived to be 80 years old, and two-thirds of the emperors did not live to be 50 years old.
Because people's life span was really not too long at that time, it was necessary to leave children as the top priority in life as soon as possible, so men would get married as soon as possible, and women would also get married as soon as possible, and they should also share the rent and leave children as soon as possible after marriage.
It is precisely because many couples in ancient times got married too early. From the perspective of modern people, they are still children and have not yet fully developed. Coupled with the limited medical level at that time, the infant mortality rate was high, and the royal family was no exception.
In the era of agricultural civilization, population is an important factor in determining production capacity and economic development, and it is very important for agricultural development, commercial development and recruiting enough soldiers to defend the country.
In order to get as many people as possible, all generations have tried their best. In addition to lowering the age of marriage again and again and limiting the latest marriage period, those who are unmarried or over-aged will be punished and will receive various rewards for giving birth to children.
If it is in the Millennium, the age of marriage for men and women is actually quite normal. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, women usually got married at the age of nearly twenty, which was nothing. A little earlier, but not absolutely. In troubled times, the opposite is true.
During the decline of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and various dynasties, the population dropped sharply and the economy was depressed. In order to restore the population and productivity as soon as possible, the court naturally forced to lower the age of marriage. At this time, it was very common to get married as a teenager.
This has been the case for thousands of years, whether in the pre-Qin period or later in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In ancient times, women didn't work in their parents' home, so they needed to get married as soon as possible to relieve family pressure, so the sooner they got married, the better.
Generally speaking, it was impossible for ancient women to get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. At that time, people didn't live long, so they ate with their mouths open when they were idle at home. Better get married and start a family as soon as possible. This is also an ancient culture.
The living standard and medical care in ancient times were so poor that people had to have more children earlier. There is a saying that "life is seventy years old." In ancient times, few people lived to be seventy years old. However, in modern society, a person living to 70 years old is only the average level of society. At present, there are no statistical data, and it is not clear what the average life expectancy of the ancients is, but some data can be used for reference. For example, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty had eight sons, only three or four survived, the second son only lived to be 20 years old, and the other sons died before they were one year old.
Some people may say that Ming Taizu's genes are not good. Take Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty as an example. He has been in office for a long time, and his physical fitness must be good. He gave birth to 35 sons and 20 daughters, of whom only 20 sons and 8 daughters lived to adulthood. The conditions of the ancient royal family must be the best. The death rate of the emperor's children is so high that the fate of ordinary people can be imagined!
According to some current data, such as "Average Life and Life Expectancy in China", the average life expectancy of ancient people is between 20 and 40 years old.
With such a high mortality rate and such a short life span in ancient times, the age of marriage must be greatly reduced. As for whether the body is mature, in fact, the problem is not big. Because that's what some countries have stipulated in modern times:
The age of marriage in many countries in the world is similar to that in Russia. The legal age for marriage in the Netherlands is 12 years old; The marriage age of Iranian women is 13 years old (nine years earlier); The marriage age of Greek women is 12 years old; As the leader of the capitalist world, girls in some American states can get married after 12 years old.
Of course, there is another very important reason for ancient marriage because of the promotion of the court. The ancient population is very important. No matter a family or a country, everyone tries to expand their population.
Gou Jian declared that "women are not married at the age of seventeen, and their parents are guilty; If the husband doesn't marry at the age of twenty, his parents are guilty. " During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, anyone who had a daughter who was over 15 and married at the age of 30 was fined 600 yuan. The imperial edict of the first year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (627): When a man reaches the age of 20, a woman reaches the age of 15 and has no husband's family, the county and county are engaged by ceremony.
In ancient times, only boys continued to burn incense to carry on the family line. People have an idea that girls will belong to others sooner or later, and they will always get married. Many families with girls have to marry all the girls, and girls are not allowed to enter the ancestral temple. In addition, they found a man in their own home to continue burning incense. In addition, the life span of ancient people was short, and adults wanted their sons to get married and have grandchildren earlier. At that time, thirteen dads, fourteen aunts and fifteen or six. Plant sesame seeds early and blossom early. It shows that ancient people wanted girls to get married early, boys to get married early and have grandchildren early. Thirteen dads mean that a boy becomes a father at the age of thirteen, and fourteen aunts mean that a girl's sister gives birth to an aunt at the age of fourteen, planting sesame seeds early and blooming early. Another saying is that she marries early and takes charge early. )
In ancient times, a girl of thirteen or fourteen was married before her body was mature. This is because the ancient people were too poor, that is to say, the poor could not afford to raise a girl of 18 years old. Because the living standard in ancient times was too low, poor families really couldn't afford a girl of 18 years old, because the children needed to eat. In ancient times, poor people had problems eating. Many families find their parents-in-law when their children are teenagers and let them get married. The main reason is that they can't afford children, and their families are too poor to afford children, so ancient girls married their children at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Some poor families even give their children to others as child brides when they are a few years old. I mainly want to leave some food for my family to ensure the survival of others in my family. This is the reason why ancient girls were married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, mainly because the family was too difficult and there was no extra food for the children. So the child got married at an early age.
So in ancient times, there were really few families who could really raise girls to 18 years old. Because people were generally poor at that time. In order to save money, we have to collect bride price to supplement our family. Marry the children very early, which will not only save money for the family, but also collect some bride price to fill the family. This is the reason why ancient girls got married early.
In our present society, in poor places, this phenomenon also occurs in families that prefer sons to daughters. Some poor families married girls very early, asked for a lot of bride price and spent money on their daughters' bride price. This phenomenon appears in some remote areas and some rural areas in China, especially in poor areas. But it is much better than in ancient times. The main reason for this phenomenon is poverty.