| In the period of the Spring and Autumn, society was turbulent and all sorts of political powers competed intensely . The aristocrat stratum expanded its political influence by means of marriage in order to obtain the advantage in the competition, Therefore aristocrat's marriage was entrusted with the extremely profound political connotation, and had the explicit political objective.Both sides of the aristocratic marriage would unite or separate because of the political benefits in the Spring and Autumn period. This made women who got married to other countries or families as the political chip, fell into the bilateral family's contradiction, and occupied in a dilemma situation. Although " paternity " and "the husband's authority", as two aspects from the male power, were same in the essential benefit, this did not indicate their benefits were consistent forever in the real life. In fact, they occupy the contradictory condition, sometimes opposes incisively in the time which changed constantly in the political situation. In the situation, Women in the crevice had to make the choice between helping her father and obeying her husband. It had different choice in different time, the result is decided by the power balance of " paternity " and "the husband's authority".In the period of the Spring and Autumn, the aristocrat women often chose to help their father but not to obey their husband when facing this situation, this was decided by the power balance of "paternity" and "the husband's authority" . So " paternity " was usually stronger than "the husband's authority", the paternal family still had the greatly strengthen to control their daughter who had already married, and even could interfere their Marital life. The married daughter also needed vigorously support from the paternal family for their own status and benefit, this caused them to maintain the father family's political benefit vigorously in political activity. Simultaneously paternity could...
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