偏房制度在掠婚时代就已出现,后来的古代中国长期实行着一夫一妻多妾的婚姻形式,汉人亦然。小妻是汉代人对偏房通行的称呼,屡见于史书。此一时期中,整个社会普遍存在着纳娶小妻的现象。本文中要讨论的即是这些以各种形式生存着的汉代人的小妻。一、小妻的称谓和范畴对于偏房,汉人并无固定的称呼,史书上能见到的有小妻、傍妻、下妻、小妇、少妇、庶妻、外妇等,而简牍上还能看到“辅妻”这样的称呼。有时也用“姬”来称 The system of partial room has appeared in the era of swearing marriage. Later, ancient China practiced the form of marriage with multiple concubines of monogamy for many years, and the Han Chinese did so. Wife is the Han people on the popular passage of the title, often found in history books. During this period, the phenomenon of marrying a wives was prevalent in the entire society. What we will discuss in this article are these little wives of the Han Dynasty that survived in various forms. First, the title and scope of a small wife For the partial room, the Chinese have no fixed title, the history books can see a small wife, wife, wife, wife, young woman, wife, wife and others, and Jane Can see “auxiliary wife ” such a call. Sometimes with “Ji ” to call