Western Han Dynasty: Empress, Lady, Beauty, Lover, Eight sons, Seven sons, Long Ambassadors and Few Ambassadors. Jieyu, Jing E, Hua Rong and Fu Yi were added during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Di has the advantages of showiness, facial features, smoothness, no water, republicanism, entertainment, forest protection and good ambassador.
Eastern Han Dynasty: Empress, Noble Person, Beauty, Talented Woman, Imperial Secretary.
Wei: Empress, Lady, Zhao Yi, Jieyu, and Beauty. Wendi added Guidi, Shuyuan, Xiurong, Shuncheng and a lover. Ming Di Jia Shufei, Zhao Hua and Yixiu.
Jin: Empress, Third Lady (ladies and gentlemen), Ninth Wife (,,,Xiuhua, Xiurong,, Jieyu, Chonghua), beauty, gifted scholar and middle gifted scholar.
Northern Wei Dynasty: Empress, Left and Right Zhao Yi, Third Lady, Third Wife, Sixth Wife, World Wife and Imperial Daughter.
Southern Dynasties: Empress, Third Lady (Guifei, Guidi, Guiji), Ninth Wife (Shuyuan, Yi Shu, Rong Shu, Zhao Hua, Zhao Yi, Zhao Rong, Xiuhua, Yixiu, Xiurong), Five Duties (Jieyu, Ronghua, Chonghua, Cheng Hui, Lierong).
Sui: Empress, Third Lady (Imperial Lady, Shu Princess, De Princess), Nine Princess (Shunyi, Shunrong, Shunhua, Yixiu, Xiurong, Xiuhua, Fu Yi, Fu Rong, Chonghua), Jieyu, Beauty, Talent, Imperial Daughter and Cai Daughter, a total of 650 people.
Tang: The Empress and the Fourth Lady (Imperial concubine, Shu princess and De princess). Xianfei), Jiuyi (Zhaoyi, Zhao Rong, Zhao Yuan, Yixiu, Xiurong, Xiu Yuan, Chongyi, Chongrong and Chongyuan), Jiujieyu, JiuRen Mei, Jiucai, 27 Lin Bao, 27 imperial women and 27 flower picking women. Kaiyuan changed the four ladies into three ladies (Hui Fei, Hua Fei and Li Fei), Liu Yi, four beauties and seven gifted scholars.
Song Dynasty: Empress, Imperial concubine, virtuous princess, virtuous princess, Zhao Yi,,, Xiurong, Chongyuan, Wanrong, Shunrong, Imperial concubine, Jieyu, beauty, gifted scholar, wife of the country, (wife of Jun's reform in Southern Song Dynasty) and Hong.
Yuan: Empresses (there is more than one queen, usually three, and at most five) and concubines.
Ming: Empress, imperial concubine, imperial concubine, concubine and concubine.
Qing Dynasty: Huang Taiji set up five concubines in imitation of the Yuan Dynasty: Queen Qingning Palace, Guanzhi Palace, Imperial Concubine Linzhi Palace, Imperial Concubine Yanqing Palace and Imperial Concubine Yongfu Palace (that is, Empress Xiaozhuangwen). Every dynasty will have a queen, a concubine, two concubines, four concubines and six concubines. These fourteen people are called "themes" and can be the masters of one of the twelve eastern and western palaces. Noble people, usually, promise to occupy a room in the palace without quota.
In folklore, when it comes to the emperor's family life, it is often said that there are seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six hospitals, or three thousand powders. In short, the emperor has many wives and concubines. These statements naturally have some truth. The emperor is the supreme ruler of feudal society and has supreme authority, which is manifested in all aspects, and the arbitrary possession of the opposite sex is a manifestation of this authority. In order to satisfy the emperor's endless selfish desires, at the same time, for the sake of many children and easy selection of the heir to the throne, the concubine system beneficial to feudal rule was gradually established and improved.
According to the Book of Rites, the system of the Zhou Dynasty was that the emperor set up a queen, three concubines, nine concubines, twenty-seven concubines and eighty-one concubines. This shows that as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor's wives and concubines were called wives, concubines, vulgar wives and imperial wives, and the number of wives and concubines was quite amazing, which set a bad example for later emperors. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, governors from all walks of life became kings in succession. They all call themselves emperors, so it is natural to emulate the emperors in the empresses system. In fact, the number of their opposite sex has already exceeded that of Zhou. Mencius said that adults at that time "waited on hundreds of concubines", and Guan Zi said that "there were thousands of concubines in Qi Xianggong". After Qin and Han Dynasties, except for Empresses (except the phenomenon of a certain dynasty merging), the general trend was that the level of concubines increased and the number of maids increased. After Qin unified the six countries, the emperor was changed to the emperor, and all the maids in the six countries enriched the harem, and the wife was called the queen. In addition to the empress, Qin Shihuang divided concubines into seven grades: wife, beauty, lover, eight sons, seven sons, long ambassador and little ambassador. And thousands of ladies-in-waiting.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, because Liu Bang was born in the folk, he did not pay much attention to the royal etiquette system, and there was no certain system in the harem. When he arrived at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was overjoyed and pursued sensory enjoyment. In addition to the queen, his concubines increased to 14. They are: Zhao Yi, Jieyu, Moth, Ronghua, Yiman, Beauty, Lover, Eight Children, Seven Children, Big Ambassador, Little Ambassador, Facial Features, Shunchang, and many 14th grade names, such as Dance Wei, Entertainment Ling, etc. In addition, there are so-called "families" and "waiting for the court", which number thousands. Their status is low, and they always have to sacrifice their bodies for the emperor's spoil. If you have children, your status can rise. If you are lucky enough to be favored by the emperor, you can also be promoted to a formal concubine. They are a bit like Pinger in A Dream of Red Mansions. Suppose she is a girl and has the title of concubine. Let's just say that she is a formal concubine, unlike Aunt Zhao. When Wang Mang was restructured, the number of concubines and concubines was set at 120. Later generations took this as a common practice for concubines. Guangwu Zhongxing, harem title only queen, noble, beauty and so on. Simplify the disadvantages of too many levels of harem in the previous generation. Empresses and concubines in the later Han Dynasty were more polite and law-abiding, and rarely lost their virtue.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei was under the queen, and concubines were divided into five grades. By the first year of Taihe (AD 277), it had increased to the twelfth grade. After the Emperor Wu of Jin destroyed Wu, thousands of people in Sun Hao's harem and tens of thousands of people took it for themselves.
Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty began to set up middle officials, and the rest of the concubines were called wives, but there was no fixed number. Filial piety reform, restore the ancient establishment 120 people. After that, there was no big change until the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Of course, whether it is the Northern Wei Dynasty or the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this is only a nominal provision, and its actual figures are far more than that. It is worth mentioning that Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. After he unified the country, he was afraid of his wife's lonely queen and was afraid to recruit new lovers. He became the only feudal emperor who remained monogamous and had no concubines. After the death of Queen Dugu, he dared to make a little progress and accept his love. His son Yang-ti rebelled against his father's style, pursued lewd enjoyment, expanded his harem, and lived a decadent life, no less than that of Emperor Wu. In the early Tang Dynasty, 6,000 beautiful women in the Sui harem were dismissed twice, and it is conceivable how debauched Emperor Yang was.
In the Tang dynasty, under the queen, the imperial concubine, the Shu princess, the De princess and the Xian princess were concubines. Zhao Yi, Zhao Rong, Zhao Yuan, Yixiu, Xiurong, Xiu Yuan, Fu Yi, Fu Rong and Fu Yuan are nine wives. There are also names such as Jieyu, Beauty, Wit, Lin Bao, Imperial Daughter and Vegetable Daughter, with a total of 108. One, two, a total of one person. During the reign of Xuanzong, the number of maids increased to 3000. Bai Juyi's poem "There are other ladies in his court, 3,000 rare beauties" is not boasting. In the first year of Su Zong Baoying (AD 762), 3,000 empresses were released, which proved to be true.
The Song Dynasty was similar to the Tang Dynasty. In addition to being noble, virtuous and virtuous, the title of princess has been added with Chen Fei. There were many concubines in Liao Dynasty and twelve concubines in Jin Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had too many ladies in the harem in the past dynasties, which was out of order and involved in political affairs, leading to endless troubles. It stipulates the customization and access system of the six palaces. But it didn't help. Emperor Jiajing chose nine famous concubines to enter the palace at one time, and many others were nameless. The titles of concubines in Ming Dynasty were Xian, Shu, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang, Ning and Zhao. Among all the concubines, the imperial concubine is the tallest, second only to the queen, and the imperial concubine is the third. Imperial secretary's address includes imperial secretary, waiter, talented person, wife and so on. By the end of the Ming dynasty, politics was more corrupt, with as many as 9000 maids.
After Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the imperial system was fully prepared and the number of harems was strictly customized. The emperor's wife is called the queen. She is located in the center of the palace and is responsible for internal governance. The following are one concubine, two concubines and six concubines, who are the twelve officials of the East and West, respectively, to assist the Queen in managing the internal affairs. There are also three levels below: noble, frequent visitor and infinite, all of which have no quota. They live in the East and West Palace and practice their internal skills diligently. However, throughout history of qing dynasty, besides imperial concubine and concubine, there are other princess names, such as Zhuangfei, Jinfei and Zhenfei. Although the system is very strict, the number of concubines of emperors varies greatly. Kangxi and Qianlong's concubines greatly exceeded the regulations, while Tongzhi and Guangxu were far from so many concubines. The number of ladies-in-waiting in the Qing dynasty was less than that in the Ming dynasty, which was less than 300 according to custom. Actually, it's more than that.
Emperors of past dynasties all had their own sources of concubines, but the Qing emperor was different from previous dynasties and created a set of "female draft system" with its own characteristics.
According to Yi Ahao, the wife of Pu Jie Aisingiorro, the draft of women's affairs began in the second year of Shunzhi "until after Kangxi, such a thing never happened once". That was not the case.
The emperor shunzhi ascended the throne at the age of six, got married at the age of fourteen and died at the age of twenty-three. He ruled for seventeen years. In the first seven years, Dole was regent. Shunzhi was only a teenager then. There would be no such thing as a draft girl. Although Dole is bossy, she never chooses a dancer. In the seventh year of Shunzhi (A.D. 1650), Dole died of old age. The following year, the emperor shunzhi took charge of state affairs, and held a big wedding in the same year, conferring Bolzigit, daughter of the old Mongolian prince Wu Keshan of Melkin, as the queen. But in August of the tenth year of Shunzhi, the queen was ordered to be a quiet princess and moved to the side palace on the grounds that she was "engaged to me when I was young" and "not to my liking".
In October of the tenth year of Shunzhi, he ordered "to elect Fan as the queen, and to worship the records of the ceremony. It should be carefully selected among women in Inner Mongolia, women below Baylor in outer Mongolia, and women above ministers. " It was not until May of the following year after the imperial edict was issued that the woman in the draft was elected as the queen, and Bolzigit, the daughter and niece of Gongchuerji in Horqin Mongolian town, was abolished, and the wedding was held in June of the same year.