There were not many women in the Tang Dynasty, whether they were virgins or not.

In many people's impressions, the Tang Dynasty was a free era in which women were seriously immoral and immoral. There are countless stories about the royal family, the princess remarried, the common people divorced and the lovers eloped. The evaluation of "Dirty Tang" is even more powerful evidence, saying that women in the Tang Dynasty were also chaste and virtuous, which many people may think is a big joke.

In the Tang Dynasty, for thousands of years, the shackles of feudal ethics have been around the necks of China people, and chastity and women's morality have penetrated into every woman's cells. Even if Hu Feng is fierce, these traditional ethics can't suddenly disappear, which is a universal inference. That's exactly what happened. Some records in "The Biography of Women in the New Tang Dynasty" prove that it is obviously untrue to say that women in the Tang Dynasty were not chaste at all.

Fang was a famous figure in the early Tang Dynasty and praised him for "contributing to the success of the country". Before his debut, he was seriously ill. When he was dying, he said to his wife Lu, "I am sick and young, so I can't be widowed and do good for future generations." As soon as Lu heard that her husband advised her to remarry, she went into the tent with tears, gouged out her eyeballs with a knife and gave them to Ling Xuan to show her loyalty.

There is far more than one example of this kind of self-mutilation to declare chastity. After the death of her husband, Shangguan, the concubine of Gui Ling, the king of Chu, several brothers discussed: "It is impossible to have fewer concubines and no children." When she heard this, she cried and said, "My husband is righteous, and so are women. I failed to sacrifice myself in the canyon. Can I still make up and sacrifice to him? " At some point, I will cut off my nose and my family will never get married again.

Stranger still, there are women who pretend to be sick as soon as they hear that they are going to remarry. Cui Hui's wife, Lu, wanted to marry her after her husband died. Hearing this, the Lushi immediately pretended to be sick and hid in the past. Her brother-in-law is Li Sichong, Assistant Minister of Industry. After my sister died, my brother-in-law made a fortune and wanted to marry Lu as his second wife, which was approved by the emperor. Everyone says that marriage is good, but this woman just doesn't want to make herself look like shit and scare her brother-in-law.

The more touching story is that women are not willing to be defiled, and after being taken away by thieves, they are cut off, dismembered, jumped into the river and got angry. This is also a high-level story that is often seen in virgin biographies of other dynasties. There is nothing to make a fuss about, but there is a story of a character worth mentioning. There was a chaste woman named Li who got married at the age of seventeen and her husband died within a year. One night, he suddenly dreamed that a man proposed to her, but she didn't agree, but later she had the same dream several times. The woman suspected that she had attracted a terrible man because of her good looks, so she cut off her hair, put on linen, stopped wearing makeup, looked like a living ghost, and never dreamed of a man proposing marriage again.

It is not difficult to see such a story. Under the appearance of freedom of marriage in the Tang Dynasty, there are still many women who adhere to three obedience and four virtues. They defended feudal ethics at the cost of their lives. How can you say that women in the Tang Dynasty were not chaste? History tells people that breaking the shackles of marriage, pursuing freedom and being widowed are a true portrayal of marriage in the Tang Dynasty and a contradictory historical issue.

The view of marriage in the Tang Dynasty has two sides, and the reason can be found in the marriage in the Tang Dynasty. This marriage law of the Tang Dynasty hangs a free sheep's head, but it sells dog meat of feudal ethics, which is itself a deformed fetus. Among them, the rule that "if the husband and wife are not in harmony, they will not sit down" makes many people believe that the Tang Dynasty was really a dynasty of free love. However, it is not difficult to find that women, like other dynasties, are still accessories of men, and their fate is firmly in the hands of men, which is no different from other dynasties. Among them, the stipulation that those who violate the will and force marriage should be sentenced makes people see the true face of this law, and what Datang advocates is still the set of three obedience and four virtues. There is a legal basis for women's adherence to chastity in the Tang Dynasty, and many women do the same. This is only one aspect of women's adherence to chastity. If we turn a page of history, people will also find that the reason why women committed suicide foolishly in the Tang Dynasty was not unrelated to the marriage orientation advocated at that time. What kind of women did the Tang Dynasty like to commend? The Biography of Women in the New Tang Dynasty has an answer. As can be seen from the records, the more serious the double suicide, the more wonderful the suicide, and the happier the emperor. He will not only give property, but also avoid his corvee to show his door. This is also one of the reasons why virgins appeared in the Tang Dynasty. It is unreasonable to say that the Tang Dynasty ignored women's three obedience and four virtues.

The ancients said: wealth can't be lewd. Many times, this famous saying is just a rational slogan, and it is really difficult to do it. "If you have money, you want to be dissolute" is like the strange circle of many people in many dynasties, and it is difficult to jump out, especially in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Great material wealth, extensive foreign exchanges and Hu Feng's powerful influence are all external factors to promote the marriage opening in the Tang Dynasty, and the leading role of Gong * * * played a role in fueling the situation. However, people pay more attention to the open marriage with the royal family as the core, but often ignore the feudal ethics adhered to by the people.