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The young women that become concubines often do it for the money and approach it a business deal: sex for a comfortable life.

But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

"Rot your tongue! " said Lota. "Our master has no concubines. That young woman is his adopted daughter and a widow. "

He portrayed himself as a celibate, a pose calculated to epitomize his moral fiber, but he had at least two wives or perhaps concubines.

Her husband started keeping concubines on the pretext of trying to carry on the family line and moved to Seoul to start a new business.

What makes all this awkward for the regime is the link between extra kids, rich, crooked cadres, and concubines.

The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace.

Hu sent away his maids, concubines and servants, and killed himself in deep grief right before the imperial edict arrived.

In their eyes concubines and mistresses are commodities, like a Mercedes-Benz or a villa. . . Corruption arises out of greed, not lust.

After my divorce, I swore that I would never ever look at another Chinese guy again, for they had such a recent memory of taking concubines.

People should have a wide viewpoint to see the sons born from concubines , not with a narrow viewpoint .

All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister. The Kings of Judah.

Other than the emperor himself, the only other people allowed here were his concubines and the castrated eunuchs.

Are the living quarters of the Dowager Queen cixi, Emperor Guangxu, his empress and concubines.

Orphans-small prostitutes-perhaps concubines-seekers of art--China "s supreme universities professors--made by the world famous artist. "

He is said to have had a harem of 700 wives and 300 concubines.

The son born from concubines would be valued by the Dyi-mu who have no sons , and his family position would be raised .

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

That same night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two concubines , and his eleven children, and crossed the Jabbok River.

In Imperial times, concubines were symbols of status and wealth to the men that possessed them.

The imperial queens and concubines in the Western Han Dynasty were a group of females with tragedy.

The image of the sons born from concubines is ignoble , foolish , unlearned and incapable in Ming Dynasty's novel .

The gentry in ancient times were eminent , with a wife and many concubines .

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

No less captive within the Forbidden City were the imperial concubines.

Philip had many concubines and eventually married one of them.

landlords used their concubines to discredit local cadre (farmers holding village office).

They were also the living quarters for the empresses and concubines .

The photograph here shows a group of concubines standing behind their protectors (usually Eunuchs).

Both Internal and External Titled Madams are those concubines of emperors except their empresses.

There are many scholars born from concubines to produce hard in literature and academia. They pay quietly for the country and the social.

And I show respect and give gifts to my father's Concubines . Ah, I feel like a dog chasing dirty mice.

Xiang Jun is the initial god of River Xiang, and Xiang Furen refers to the two concubines.

Real bones have also been dug up at the site: aristocrats and concubines, royal horses and exotic beasts were buried there.

Furthermore, she never used her position to indulge in extravagances or covetously harm the emperor's concubines.

It was shameful for women to marry more than once while it was easy for men to take one or more concubines.

Some queens and concubines became totally the sacrifice of politics.

And concubines were highly thought of, they weren't disparaged because of their calling and they were valuable members of the ships company.

Under the Communists concubines became symbols of corruption and decadence.

In fact, the heroine Songlian in fiction Wives and Concubines in Flocks and film Raise the Red Lantern are two totally different image.

In other cases concubines are blamed for leading their lovers astray.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

In this photo, one sees a group of concubines standing behind 2 "guardians" , who were usually eunuchs.

County right to dump his family owned the rich and powerful, Wives and Concubines, many proxy.

After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

I don't want anyone with factories or prostitutes or concubines.

These were gifts for the emperor's concubines .

Modern Concubines: What does the wife think?

Also, many top officials in China have more than woman in their life, often concubines and brothel madams as their mistresses.

Thereis only one way sun tzu can convince the concubines that he is deadly serious.

In the palace, just outside the quarters of the favorite concubines, there's a called The Gathering Place of Djinn.

The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

He had enjoyed sex with 30 imperial concubines in one night.

In China, boys were castrated to enable them to serve the emperor without the risk of impregnating his concubines.

The concubines of Siam.

Why can you have 4 concubines, 121 talent ladies, and a thousand maids?

Oei Tiong Ham, a tycoon who died in 1924, had 18 concubines and 42 children.

The Relation between Empresses and Imperial Concubines Remonstrance and Clear and Bright Politics at the Beginning of the Tang Dynasty

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Marginalization of Status of Concubines'Family Members in Song Dynasty

On the Imperial Concubines Interfering in Politics

A Discussion on "Cantonese Liked to Marry Concubines" in the Qing Dynasty

Discussion about Shun had two imperial concubines

the concubines of a monarch

On the Marriage System of Accompanying Concubines in the Spring and Autumn Period