The term concubine generally signifies relationships where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically. In this model the male may also have one or more wives as well. Some historical Middle Eastern and East Asian rulers are examples of this pattern. A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship, is also consided a concubine. The father in this ca ...

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Concubinage refers to the state of a couple living together as lovers with no permanent obligation (as by civil marriage or religious ceremony) or the state of a woman supported by a male lover who is married to another. In societies that permit slavery, it can refer to sexual relationships between slave-owners and their slaves (a form of sexual slavery). In English, the first meaning is antiquated and is replaced by "living together," "shacking up," or, more formally, "cohabitation." It typically implies monogamy. The term mis ...

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Chen Yuanyuan (Chinese: 陳圓圓; pinyin: Chén Yuányuán; WG: Ch'en Yüan-yüan) (1624 - 1681), born Xing Yuan (邢沅), a Ming Chinese, was a concubine of Wu Sangui, who broke into the fortress of Li Zicheng to rescue her. Her courtesy name was Wanfen (畹芬). Chen's parents died early, and she grew up tending her maternal grandmother Chen-shi in Taiyuan, Shanxi. She was sold as a performer ...

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Chen Kaige (Simplified: 陈凯歌; Traditional: 陳凱歌; Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Kǎigē; Wade-Giles: Ch'en K'ai-ko) (born August 12, 1952) is a famous Chinese film director. He was born in Beijing, and grew up with fellow Fifth-Generation alumni Tian Zhuangzhuang as a childhood friend. During the Cultural Revolution, Chen joined the Red Guards in circumstances very similar to those depicted in Farewell My Concubine. In 1978 he joined the Beiji ...

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Companion, in its most common meaning, refers to a close friend or associate. The word originates in the Latin language, meaning "one who shares bread," and so often hold connotations of a comrade or "mess-mate" with whom one eats. It is the title of the lowest rank in some military or other orders of knighthood, and is sometimes used to describe a person who lives with another in a paid position for the sake of company (or sometimes for sexual favors, as a concubine), and is looked on rather as a friend than a servant. In the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Englishwomen who wished to travel often hire ...

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In the Tanakh or Old Testament, Abimelech was a son of the great judge Gideon (Judges 9:1); thus his name אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ can best be interpreted "my father, the king". "Abimelech", a name claiming the inherited right to rule, was also a common name of the Philistine kings. He was, however, merely the son of Gideon's concubine; and to make good his claim to rule over Ephraim, he resorted to force. Aided by his mother's relatives, he put to death all of his half-brothers, seventy in number, ...

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In Greek mythology, Andromache was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebes (=Thebe-under-Placus), over which her father ruled. During the Trojan War, Hector was killed by Achilles. Their infant son Astyanax was killed by Achilles' son Neoptolemus. Neoptolemus took her as a concubine and Hector's brother, Helenus, as a slave. With Hector, Andromache had a son named Astyanax. By Neoptolemus, she was the mother of Molossus. When Neoptolemus died, Andromache married Helenu ...

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In Greek mythology, Priam (Greek Πρίαμος) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War, and youngest son of Laomedon. Priam had a number of wives; his first was Arisbe, daughter of Merops of Percote. Priam divorced Arisbe to marry Hecuba (Hecabe), daughter of the Phrygian king Dymas, who became his principal wife. By his various wives and concubines Priam was the father of fifty sons and several daughters. Priam's eldest son was Aesacus, his son by Arisbe; Aesacus met a tragic death before the advent of the Trojan W ...

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The consort clan (外戚 Pinyin: wàiqī) is the family, clan or a group related to a spouse or an empress dowager of the Chinese dynastic ruler or a warlord. The leading figure of the clan was either a sibling, cousin, or parent of the consort or concubine. Consort clan - Famous leading figures. Consort clan - Han Dynasty. Wang Mang - nephew of Empress Dowager Wang, cousin of Emperor Cheng of Han China and founder of the Xin Dynasty. Dou Xian - brother of ...

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Charles Martel (Charles "the Hammer", German: Karl Martell) (August 23, 686 – October 22, 741) was born in Herstal, in what is now Wallonia, Belgium, the illegitimate son of Pippin the Middle (635 or 640-December 16, 714) and his concubine Alpaida or Chalpaida. On Pippin the Middle's death in 714, the succession passed to an infant grandson, Theodoald. The faction of Austrasian nobles who supported Theodoald was led by his stepmother, Pippin's widow, Plectrude. Charles, who was already an adult, led a rival faction and ...

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Flavius Julius Crispus, also known as Flavius Claudius Crispus and Flavius Valerius Crispus was a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was the first-born son of Constantine I the Great by Minervina. Crispus - Life account. Crispus - Birth. Crispus' year and place of birth are uncertain. He is considered likely to have been born between 299 and 305 A.D. somewhere in the Eastern Roman Empire. His mother Minervina was either a concubine or a first wife to Constantine. Nothi ...

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During her childhood, Lady Yodo was known by her nickname Chacha (茶々). In 1570, her father, Nagamasa, broke his alliance with Oda Nobunaga and there was a three year period of fighting until 1573 when Nobunaga's army surrounded Nagamasa at Odani Castle. Nobunaga, however, requested his sister, Lady O-ichi's safe return, and Lady Yodo along with her mother, and her two sisters (O-go and O-Hatsu) left the castle with her. Odani Castle fell, and amongst those who died ...

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Hasan retired to Medina. He received a pension from Mu'awiyah and also some income from the properties he had inherited. Hasan ibn Ali - Three hundred concubines?. Some accounts say that Hasan lived a life of indulgence and ease, marrying and divorcing numerous wives (said to number sixty to ninety) and accumulating three hundred concubines. Some scholars still accept these stories. Wilferd Madelung, a contemporary expert in early Islam and Shi'a studies, regards those stories as base slander and devotes a whole s ...

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How Liu Ying's childhood was like is not completely clear. What is known is that he was not his father Liu Bang's oldest son -- that would be Liu Fei, who would later be created the Prince of Qi. However, Liu Ying was considered to be the proper heir because his mother, the later Empress Lü, was Liu Bang's wife, while Liu Fei's mother was either a concubine or a mistress. What is also known is that during Chu Han Contention, when Liu Bang fought a five-year war with Xiang Yu for supremacy over the Chinese world, his mother, his siste ...

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Concubine

• For a man to dream that he is in company with a concubine, forecasts he is in danger of public disgrace, striving to keep from the world his true character and state of business.
• For a woman to dream that she is a concubine, indicates that she will degrade herself by her own improprieties.
• For a man to dream that his mistress is untrue, denotes that he has old enemies to encounter. Expected reverses will arise.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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When Cao Rui was born (likely in 205), his grandfather Cao Cao was the paramount warlord of Han Dynasty, who had rendered Emperor Xian of Han a mere figurehead. His father Cao Pi was Cao Cao's oldest surviving son and the heir apparent. His mother Zhen Luo had been the wife of Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi, but when she was seized by Cao Cao's army in 204, Cao Pi forced her to marry him, and she gave birth to Cao Rui only eight months after the wedding -- leading to rumors that Cao Rui was actually biologically Yuan Shao's son and not Cao Pi's. Th ...

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Cao Rui's reign was a paradoxical one in many ways. He was clearly intelligent and capable, and yet never fulfilled his potential in his governance of the country or in his military campaigns. He showed great compassion at times, and yet was capable of great cruelty. He carried out many acts that were beneficial for the empire and yet at least as many that were hurtful. Despite his uncle Cao Zhi's successive petitions, however, he continued the severe prohibitions against princes' holding of offices that his father Cao Pi had put in place, a ...

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Hasan ibn Ali was born two years after the Hijra (622 CE), the migration of the early Muslim community from Mecca to Medina. His parents were Ali, Muhammad's cousin and trusted lieutenant, and Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter. Hasan ibn Ali was Muhammad's first grandchild. According to Shi'a tradition, he was named by his grandfather, who acted on divine inspiration. Hasan means "handsome" in Arabic. Hasan and his brother Husayn ibn Ali are said to have been greatly beloved by their grandfather. There are numerous hadith, or o ...

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Hasan died in Medina in the year 669. He is buried at the famous Jannat ul-Baqi cemetery across from the Masjid al Nabawi. Shi'a say that he was poisoned by his wife, at the urging of Muawiyah, and that his death was thus a martyrdom. ...

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