Insights from the ledgers of merit and demerit - indoctrination and marriage in ancient China
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Marriage assumes the responsibility of human survival and reproduction by means of indoctrination. In the pre-Qin period, taboo indoctrination in marriage became a guarantee for the basis of human survival, and gradually became a general, institutionalized social norm widely recognized and accepted by the people. In the course of history, the concept of chastity became an important factor in the changing status of women. Regarding the formation of the concept of “chastity”, the mainstream viewpoints of the current academic circles are the Western Zhou and the Warring States. In fact, however, the concept of chastity for women was already mentioned in the Spring and Autumn period in the records of the Zuo Zhuan.
Author: Jinghao Huang
Institution: Hohai University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Government of Jiangsu Province
OpenAlex ID: W4405882985