Talk:Traditional Chinese marriage

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Current Laws, Communist Revolution

What are the current laws about marriage in China? How, if at all, were current laws of marriage affected by the communist revolution? Shouldn't an article on Chinese marriage deal with these issues?

Yes, it should. Current laws of marriage forbid arranged marriages and polygamy, based on the Marriage Law of 1950.

Does Confucian Material Belong Here?

Confucian influence should be transferred to the part of Confucian view of marriage.--Jerry Crimson Mann 15:01, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well that would raise the problem of why two such articles exist unless this one recasts China is a wider sense to include minorities.

Introduction in Correct Place?

Why has someone moved the introduction to after the table of contents? Isn't there a standard Wiki way if doing this? Lao Wai 2 July 2005 10:50 (UTC)

Um, what?

What is meant exactly by "Chinese scholars of a Marxist persuasion"??? Does that mean that Chinese scholars of a, say, fascist persuasion believe that patriarchy was the norm back then? -- Миборовский ^{U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai!} 23:46, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes. Marxists are forced into a pattern laid out by Engels. So they have to claim that matriarchy was the norm way back then. And there is some minor evidence for it in China. But pretty much everyone else thinks patriarchy is and always has been the norm. Lao Wai 10:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monogamy being the norm?

For kings, polygamy is definitely the norm, starting with the Yellow Emperor (4 wives) if legend counts.

Note that in any society the total number of polygamy (specifically, polygyny) is limited by 2 external factors: the number of available females, and the man's financial resources. So, barring a massive die-off of males, or importing women from elsewhere, one can expect polygamy to be limited to a small number of elite males, if it exists at all. The average rate of polygamy, on the other hand, would always be low in a traditional & closed society.

Compared at the same relative social-economic level, polygamy does not seem to be much less frequent in China than other traditional societies.

I plan to add a section on polygamy... --Tsiaojian lee 02:02, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]