Experts recommend allowing three children. How was "family planning" done in ancient times?

"Family planning" is not only to let people have fewer children, but also to let people have more children. In ancient times, "family planning" was basically to let people have more children, such as in the country of Yue , the birth of a boy will be rewarded with two jugs of good wine and a dog; the birth of a girl will be rewarded with two jugs of good wine and a piglet; if there are twins, a free nanny will be arranged; if it is triplets, a free nanny will be arranged.

1. The purpose of ancient “family planning” was to have more children

In order to encourage fertility, the Yue State forced early marriage and clearly stipulated: If a woman does not marry an old woman at seventeen, her parents will be guilty; if a husband does not marry at thirty, his parents will be guilty."

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qi implemented a "family planning" policy that set the age of 20 for boys and 15 for girls, encouraging citizens to marry early. Some dynasties even advanced the marriage age for women to 13 years old.

In the Tang Dynasty, encouraging childbirth was regarded as a basic national policy. Li Shimin issued it in the first year of Zhenguan, clearly stipulating the encouragement of childbirth, mobilizing the rich to sponsor poor bachelors who could not afford a wife, and the quality of family planning. The number of widows and widowers is used as an indicator of the performance of local leading cadres for assessment. The "Edict Encouraging Common People to Marry and Recruit Timely" clearly stipulates that childbirth is encouraged, the rich are mobilized to sponsor poor bachelors who cannot afford a wife, and the quality of family planning and the number of widowers are used as performance indicators for local leading cadres. Assessment.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty also advocated the policy of "men marry widows, and widows remarry", denying the old concept that it is unseemly for men to marry a second-married woman and that women "will stay together forever". From then on, the number of widows and bachelors will be reduced to achieve the purpose of population growth.

2. Having more children means more blessings, raising children to protect you from old age

"Let nature take its own course when it comes to having boys and girls, and have fewer and better children for a happy life", "A couple can only have one child", etc. Promote slogans to get people to follow family planning.

In ancient times, propaganda slogans encouraged people to have more children, such as "Having more children means blessings, raising children to prevent old age", "There are three unfilial piety factors and not having children is the biggest one". Such slogans also led to the "preference of sons over sons". The idea of ????female” spreads.

Finally: Family planning is formulated with the future development of the country in mind. If you want to have a child, don’t force it. If you don’t want to have a child, don’t force it. You should make the decision based on your own strength.