What did the clever daughter-in-law tell us?

The virtuous daughter-in-law told us that women can also be masters of their own affairs.

I. Story overview

The Clever Daughter-in-law is a folk classic story in China, which mainly tells the story that Zhang Gu found a clever and clever clever daughter-in-law for his slow little son, and finally the daughter-in-law took charge.

This story mainly tells people a philosophy: that is to say, a woman can also make a little contribution to the family, not only giving birth to children, but also making the whole environment of the family or some relationships among family members better.

Second, silly son-in-law

Among the story types of "silly son-in-law", there are often stories of son-in-law offering birthday wishes to his father-in-law or accompanying his wife back to her mother's house. It can be seen that the story of "silly son-in-law" also refers to two aspects involved in marriage, namely, the connection between his daughter and her family after marriage, and the involvement of a man with her family after marriage.

The story of a foolish son-in-law is similar to that of a clever daughter-in-law. After marriage, a man participates in the activities of another family besides his parents, and the kinship network is even bigger. In all family relationships, the two identities of daughter-in-law and son-in-law are very special, and there are these two types in China's folk stories.

Early stories of "smart wife" seen so far:

First, "seven kinds of pears"

Describe a priest with seven sons. He tried his best to find a clever daughter-in-law for his unmarried little son. On the way to the wedding banquet, his father-in-law and his entourage avoided disaster many times because of his daughter-in-law's guidance. Soon, his father-in-law handed over the burden of managing housework to his daughter-in-law, and her daughter-in-law would manage it well.

The story also describes that the little daughter-in-law even solved various problems encountered in the palace for her father-in-law, protected the country, and was rewarded by the king.

Second, the classics of virtue and stupidity.

The story of Virtue Classic obviously revolves around the theme that my father-in-law chooses "daughter-in-law" and "daughter-in-law solves problems for my father-in-law". This story reveals the father's authority in the family. He chose a wife for his son. After marriage, the interaction between a woman and her husband was the focus of her life, and she became a member of another family.