What is the ancient meaning of husband?

In fact, the real meaning of the word "husband" in ancient China was eunuch. Because from ancient times to the present, people in China like to add the word "old" before some words. The teacher called the teacher; Father is often called old father; Wang became Lao Wang; Now people call the company manager the boss; And parents' names; Underworld leaders are called big brothers. It makes sense to call my father-in-law "husband".

Now wives call their husbands husbands, which we have become accustomed to. Some primary school students also call each other wives and husbands. The first time I heard this word was in a Hong Kong and Taiwan movie. At that time, I felt particularly "foreign". It was recently discovered that husband is not a foreign word, but a word that has existed for a long time in China, but later "husband" refers to eunuch.

The address of ancient women to their husbands.

1, lover

At first, the wife called her husband a "lover", from which we can easily see the glorious and tall image of the ancient husband. In ancient poems, there is a saying that "my concubine rises from the garden and my lover raises her halberd".

The word "lover" has no gender, and the wife calls her husband "lover"; A husband calls his wife a "lover". It can be seen from here that the status of men and women was generally equal at that time, but this indiscriminate title also brought a lot of inconvenience to the couple.

2. Lang Jun

The ancients thought monosyllabic words seemed too sweet and tired. At that time, except for a few people like Zheng Xiu, many excellent women were still ashamed to call out in front of people. So they add a two-syllable word before or after the end, that is, add a word "Jun" after the word "Lang".

Add a word "Zi" after the word "Niang" and it becomes "husband" and "wife" to show intimacy. (Note: At first, the word "lady" was only used for young girls. About the Tang Dynasty, it became the title of wife. ) A wife calls her husband "husband", which is an elegant name for her husband, and her husband calls her "madam", which is a nickname for her.

3, officer person

Song Dynasty is an era of frequent cultural exchanges between North and South. As for the address between husband and wife, the word "official" appeared in the court at that time, which also produced the name "official" among the people. Some wives call their husbands "officials".

Up to now, the folks still call the newlyweds "the groom's official" and "the bride". It can also be seen from this title that with the prosperity of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, the family status of men has also reached a new level. If an official is in charge of people, then an official is in charge of his wife at home.