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A [[illegitimate child|bastard son]], born out of wedlock, was generally categorized as a Shu son, though he would have much lower status than those born to legitimate marriages. |
A [[illegitimate child|bastard son]], born out of wedlock, was generally categorized as a Shu son, though he would have much lower status than those born to legitimate marriages. |
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[[Tang dynasty]] law in China prescribed that if a Di son died, his eldest Di son (Di grandson) should be the successor, prioritized over all other members of the family; if a Di grandson could not be found, the Di son's next full-brother (born of the same ''zhengshi'' mother) should be the successor. If no Di offspring were available, a Shu son could be considered.<ref>《[[Tang Code]]》:“无嫡子及有罪疾,立嫡孙; 无嫡孙,以次立嫡子同母弟;无母弟,立庶子;无庶子,立嫡孙同母弟;无母弟,立庶孙。曾、玄以下准此。 |
[[Tang dynasty]] law in China prescribed that if a Di son died, his eldest Di son (Di grandson) should be the successor, prioritized over all other members of the family; if a Di grandson could not be found, the Di son's next full-brother (born of the same ''zhengshi'' mother) should be the successor. If no Di offspring were available, a Shu son could be considered.<ref>《[[Tang Code]]》:“无嫡子及有罪疾,立嫡孙; 无嫡孙,以次立嫡子同母弟;无母弟,立庶子;无庶子,立嫡孙同母弟;无母弟,立庶孙。曾、玄以下准此。 ”</ref> |
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During most of the [[imperial China]], a man could not divorce a ''zhengshi'' wife (休妻) until she had committed "seven crimes" (七出) — [[filial piety|unfilial conducts]] (不顺父母), [[son preference|incapable of bearing sons]] (无子), [[promiscuity]] (淫), [[jealousy]] (妒), having [[severe illness]] (有恶疾), excessive [[gossip]]ing to instigate discord (多言) and [[theft]] (窃盗). |
During most of the [[imperial China]], a man could not divorce a ''zhengshi'' wife (休妻) until she had committed "seven crimes" (七出) — [[filial piety|unfilial conducts]] (不顺父母), [[son preference|incapable of bearing sons]] (无子), [[promiscuity]] (淫), [[jealousy]] (妒), having [[severe illness]] (有恶疾), excessive [[gossip]]ing to instigate discord (多言) and [[theft]] (窃盗). The Tang law prescribed that a man caught demoting his ''zhengshi'' wife to ''ceshi'' without good cause would be sentenced to two years of [[penal labor]], and the ''zhengshi'' wife's status would be restored. <ref>《[[Tang Code]]》:“诸以妻为妾,徒二年。各还正之。”</ref> After the [[Song Dynasty]], the difference between social status of Di and Shu wives/sons reduced. |
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Dishu (嫡庶) was an important legal and moral system involving marriage and inheritance in ancient East Asia.
Because upper-class men in ancient China, Korea and Japan often have more than one spouse to ensure birthing of an heir to their lands, properties and titles, a priority system was created to rank the offsprings' entitlement to inheritance. Under this system, a man's official wife was called a zhengshi (正室, pronounced seishitsu in Japanese, lit. "formal household") or Di wife (Chinese: 嫡妻), and her son was called the Di son (Chinese: 嫡子). A secondary spouse was called a ceshi (侧室, lit. "side household") or Shu wife (Chinese: 庶妻), and her son was called the Shu son (Chinese: 庶子). Di sons, regardless of their age, held much higher social status than the Shu sons, and the eldest Di son (嫡长子) held overriding priority over all other children of the house.
A bastard son, born out of wedlock, was generally categorized as a Shu son, though he would have much lower status than those born to legitimate marriages.
Tang dynasty law in China prescribed that if a Di son died, his eldest Di son (Di grandson) should be the successor, prioritized over all other members of the family; if a Di grandson could not be found, the Di son's next full-brother (born of the same zhengshi mother) should be the successor. If no Di offspring were available, a Shu son could be considered.[1]
During most of the imperial China, a man could not divorce a zhengshi wife (休妻) until she had committed "seven crimes" (七出) — unfilial conducts (不顺父母), incapable of bearing sons (无子), promiscuity (淫), jealousy (妒), having severe illness (有恶疾), excessive gossiping to instigate discord (多言) and theft (窃盗). The Tang law prescribed that a man caught demoting his zhengshi wife to ceshi without good cause would be sentenced to two years of penal labor, and the zhengshi wife's status would be restored. [2] After the Song Dynasty, the difference between social status of Di and Shu wives/sons reduced.