The Social Participation And Political Participation Of Qin Women

Qin dynasty was the first unified feudal dynasty in Chinese history.Since then,China had been controlled by feudal monarchy for more than two thousand years.State of qin and Qin dynasty was in that early stage of feudal society in China which kept the social custom of the matriarchal clan,and in that time,the feudalism was not perfect.So women of Qin have more freedom in social life and political activities.Furthermore,because of constantly wars in the spring and autumn period and the warring states period,Qin had to recruitment a large number of men to fight.Shang yang's reforms paid attention to agriculture and inhibited commercial,reward farming and weaving and encouraged compose small families.Therefore,the development of Qin required a lot of labor,and that made women of Qin to participate in social activities frequently.There were custom of the matriarchal clan in Qin,so women had higher family status and speaking right,and the same is true of the royal family.So the ruling class women of Qin can participate in national political activities.Qin women participated in social and political activities,not only promoted social development,but also affected the national political process and their flexible means had neutralized the rigid political means of male rulers.