1, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, once asked sheep to choose their own queen, thinking that only animals can truly judge a woman's beauty and conduct. He would sit in the carriage and see which bedroom it was parked in, so he preferred concubines.
2. A concubine is very clever, so she inserted bamboo branches in front of her palace and sprinkled some salt water on the ground to attract the sheep cart to stay. However, this trick was soon seen through, and soon bamboo branches were everywhere in the harem.
Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty always put a cat named "Shuangmei" wherever he went at night as the basis for choosing concubines. He likes the cat so much that he even built a "dragon tomb" for it.
The way ancient emperors chose concubines.
1. There were many ways for ancient emperors to choose concubines. First of all, the emperor will send officials to various places to screen for young, beautiful, intelligent and talented women and women with good family background.
2. These women can be folk women, daughters of officials or daughters of princes and nobles. In the screening process, some women may be eliminated because of poor health, poor family background or other reasons.
3. Eligible women will be taken back to the palace for selection. The emperor and queen will personally inspect these women and choose some women who are satisfied with them. In the selection, women's moral character, family background, talent and appearance are all taken into account.
Finally, the emperor will choose one of the selected women as a concubine. When making a decision, some women may be eliminated, while others will be left to be concubines and concubines.
5. In addition, the criteria for the ancient emperors to choose concubines were roughly divided into "eight grades", which were screened out step by step. In another case, she was recommended by someone or accidentally taken a fancy to by the emperor, so she got the opportunity to become a concubine.
6. There are also some ways to choose concubines under special circumstances. For example, emperors of some dynasties would observe women's manners at banquets and choose their favorite objects. In addition, some emperors also decide their spouses by drawing lots. Although this method seems random, it is actually carefully arranged.