Concubines are women who cohabit with men but are not married to them. In ancient China it was common for successful men to have several concubines – the Chinese Emperors often kept thousands. Concubines’ situation ranged from pseudo-wives to poorly treated prostitutes. ... See also: Er nai – the modern Chinese concubine...
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Don’t fret if their names don’t ring any bells — after seeing Tang Concubines, Dennis Law’s lavish new production opening at the Buell this week, Wu and Yan ... Whereas Warriors leaned heavily toward male characters, Concubines’ stars are female. Yet they are as strong-willed as any men from Chinese history.
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Chinese 'netizens' often use the Internet to vent their anger at corrupt officials but now they have found a new target -- the secret mistresses of the officials. "These women have no iota of morality," one Web posting read. ... The Return of the Chinese Concubine?
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In other cases concubines are blamed for leading their lovers astray. Experts on teh matter say that sex is an element of corruption but not a cause. One Chinese sociologist told Newsweek, Sex is not the reason why officials are corrupt.
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The ancient Chinese tradition of men keeping concubines was attacked by the Communist Party when it came to power in the 1949 revolution. With its "iron fist", the party under Chairman Mao Zedong also successfully weeded out other "social evils" such as prostitution and drugs.
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Traditional Chinese Wedding Customs ... When the boy grew up, she may become either his wife or one of his concubines. In the latter case, two pregnant mothers will make the promise that when the babies are born, if they were both boys or both girls, they would become brothers or sisters and if one baby was a boy and the...
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XI'AN, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese archaeologists say the empresses and imperial concubines of the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago spent time in a palace with a complicated maze of underground chambers.
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