In feudal society, it is a shame for women to divorce. Why did divorced Liu Lanzhi have a higher social status and let Fu Yin and others come to visit relatives and friends for his son?

I hope it will help you: first of all, we should discuss it in the context of the times.

Liu Lanzhi was in the Han Dynasty, and the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty was actually quite open.

The custom of widow remarriage in Han dynasty was bold and decent, and it was still well documented at the end of Han dynasty. As some scholars have pointed out, "the most striking thing is that the first emperors of Wei, Shu and Wu all married remarried widows."

This is also the initiative of women in marriage and divorce in the Han Dynasty. The famous story of Zhu Maichen can be taken as an example. The biography of Han Zhu Maichen said that Zhu Maichen was born in a poor family and lived by selling firewood. He often sings on the firewood road with his book on his back. "The wife was ashamed and begged to leave." "If you buy a minister, you can't stay, that is, listen." Later, his ex-wife took her in-laws to the grave, and when she saw that Zhu Maichen was still hungry and cold, she once "begged for food". Li Baiyou's poem "My concubine is unlucky" said: "Rain can't fall into the sky, and it will be difficult to harvest it after it is covered. Your feelings are different from your intentions. " Later, the story of Zhu Maichen and his wife's divorce was circulated among the people. The dramas with this theme included Yuan Zaju "Yu Qiao Ji", the legend of Qing Dynasty "Lankeshan" and Beijing Opera "Sprinkling Water before the Horse". As a matter of fact, seeing Zhu Maichen's ex-wife again after she became rich is not a story of water under the bridge. [12] The evolution of water splashing before the horse may actually be a reflection that later generations do not understand the mental outlook of the Han people. We are concerned about the fact that Zhu Maichen's wife divorced voluntarily. The woman "begged" and the man "couldn't stay, just listened". The former asked for permission, while the latter failed to recover and reluctantly agreed. In the orthodox society of China after the Han Dynasty, few women put forward an agreement for divorce.

According to Zhang Hanchang's Biography, Emperor Gaozu was equivalent to Jinghe and was the chief executive of Gyeonggi area. It is said that "for the woman to thrush, Zhang Jingzhao is anxious for Chang 'an". Zhang Chang, a senior bureaucrat, personally thrushes his wife, making flattering remarks. It was widely rumored that he was in Beijing. Therefore, the so-called "Jingzhao thrush" and "Jingzhao eyebrow Wu" have become the standard facts to describe the harmony between husband and wife. Zhang Chang's behavior was cited by the relevant departments, and the emperor once asked him personally. Zhang Chang got the correct answer skillfully, because the emperor liked his talent and he was not blamed. It seems that as a senior official, "playing with women" seems to be an unusual move, but it may not be surprising among ordinary people. Fan Ying, a celebrity in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was ill, and his wife sent a maid to inquire. Fan Ying got up and got out of bed to answer. Some people can't help but be surprised. Fan Ying explained, "Wife, Qi Ye, * * * offered sacrifices and all the gifts were accepted." A word "Qi" and a word "* * *" in a sense show the Han people's sense of equality between men and women in family relations.

Ban Gu also emphasized in "White Tiger Marriage": "The wife is neat, and the husband is neat." Mr. Chen's "Old News of National History" points out in Volume 28, "Although the Han people despise women, such as saying that the husband is a wife and the two women are wives, they dare not look up. There are still things that are bluntly remarried, and there are still wives who are equal." It may also be appropriate to generalize that women in the Han Dynasty enjoyed roughly the same rights as men in some aspects by borrowing the saying that "wives are also neat". Of course, this kind of right can't be compared with "women's rights" in the modern sense, but reviewing this period of history should be conducive to truly understanding the whole history of ancient women in China.

The above-mentioned situation of women's life in Han Dynasty was naturally formed under the complicated historical and cultural background. According to "Han Shu San Wang Zhuan", Wang Liujia's sister Liu had an affair with Wang Liuli. After the incident was exposed, Liu Li was afraid and blamed himself, saying that he was "gradually infected with the customs of a small country." The so-called "customs of small countries" should include the cultural influence of other tribes living together with China people. Presumably, in the era of the integration of China culture and various cultural factors, the Confucian etiquette system has not standardized all social strata, and the gender rule pattern of "husband as wife" has not been finalized, so the phenomenon of "women are more valuable" has emerged. Mr. Lu Xun once praised the cultural features of the Han society: "Think about how liberal the Han people are", "reckless" and "courageous after all". At that time, the so-called "open-mindedness" of the national spirit had a comprehensive impact on social life, and we certainly can't ignore it when discussing women's rights in the Han Dynasty.

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In short, Confucianism was just adopted as orthodoxy in the Han Dynasty, and later generations became more and more harsh on Confucianism, especially Zhu's three cardinal guides and five permanent members. However, because it has not yet been finalized, the Han Dynasty was more relaxed.