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    Because of Chen Jing's status, his marriage to a clan daughter may be questioned by some textual book friends.  ¡ê¡Ø, the following paragraph is from an article "On the Impact of the Development of the Commodity Economy on the Commercialization of Social Life in the Song Dynasty". It was not written by me. I chose a paragraph about marriage and posted it for everyone's reference.  .  Excerpt: Marriage does not seek family status, but wealth. This is not only prominent among the bureaucrats and scholar-bureaucrats, but also is equally obvious when the daughters of the royal family choose a son-in-law.  Clan marriages in the Song Dynasty did not strictly abide by the court's regulations. Instead, they were based on wealth. Even as long as they had wealth, they were willing to marry with miscellaneous people regardless of their status. Clan Zhao Zonghui "had a daughter who married the son of Shi Youlin, a native of Xuzhou.  His mother advocated it." The Shi family belonged to a miscellaneous group with low social status and humble status at that time. However, because of their strong financial resources, they were able to marry a daughter of the clan as their daughter-in-law. This was a challenge to the traditional concept of family status.  At the same time, it also shows that the development of commodity economic relations has brought about qualitative changes in people's views on marriage. People have realized that the so-called family status, status, and class are fictitious things that cannot bring enjoyment in life. Only money is important.  Visible and tangible objects can enable them to live a wealthy and luxurious life.  ??For wealthy businessmen, it is profitable for them to marry into bureaucrats, scholar-bureaucrats, and clans, and the purpose is to improve their social status.  With the development of the commodity economy, merchants in the Song Dynasty have got rid of their humble status and become one of the "four people". However, what they have is more of an improvement in their economic status. Compared with those who are officials, their political status is still very low.  Low status is not consistent with economic status, so there is still a prejudice against businessmen in society, and marriage with bureaucrats, scholar-officials, and clans is a quick way for businessmen to completely get rid of their humble status.  At the same time, due to the influence of the feudal tradition, the Song government implemented some measures that were contrary to the development of the commodity economy, such as excessive commercial taxes, prohibition system, etc., which damaged the vested interests of merchants, causing them to seek cooperation with powerful people.  The best way to unite is to obtain tax exemption rights or to evade taxes, or to obtain franchise rights for some exclusive products. The best way to unite is through marriage.  Therefore, wealthy businessmen are also very willing to marry bureaucrats, scholars, and clans, hoping that through this marriage relationship and with the help of officials, they can protect their material interests and further obtain high profits.  The aforementioned special phenomenon of "catching a son-in-law under the official list" is a product of this social background.  As a result, many businessmen were able to enter the government's ruling class. Suzhou businessman Zhu Chong "several brothers and sisters were married to the imperial clan, and many of them were able to become officials by fate." Wang Yongnian, who was also a businessman, "married a clan daughter, and gained  The right class hall is straight, supervising the taxation of Ruzhou."  It can be seen that under the background of the prosperity of the commodity economy in the Song Dynasty, on the one hand, bureaucrats, scholar-bureaucrats, and clans directly sought wealth, and on the other hand, wealthy businessmen sought the protection of powerful people. This caused major changes in the view of marriage at that time, and even Sima Guang also issued the "  The greedy and despicable people in today's world, when they are about to marry a woman, they first ask how much money they have; when they are about to marry a girl, they first ask how much money they have."  (To be continued)
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