Is marrying into another's family a shortcut to upward social mobility, or a gamble with fate? From declining officials to impoverished scholars, from merchant families to ordinary commoners, their choice of "matrilocal marriage" was often nothing more than a meticulously calculated transaction concerning survival, status, and interests. This book shows you that when marriage becomes a bargaining chip for social mobility, family background, surname, and dignity all come with a new price tag. Focusing on the form of marital marriage during the Ming and Qing dynasties, this book presents a true picture of social mobility in that era. It delves into the lives of declining officials, impoverished scholars, shrewd merchants, and ordinary commoners, meticulously reconstructing how marital marriage became a factor influencing the rise and fall of an individual's or family's social status during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and revealing the underlying calculations of social status, wealth, and identity behind this choice. Through this history, we can glimpse how the stability and change of traditional social order quietly occur in the most ordinary of marriage unions.
入赘，是阶层跃升的捷径，还是命运的赌注？从没落仕宦到困顿文人，从商贾之家到普通平民，他们选择“倒插门”，很多情况下不过是一场关于生存、地位与利益的精密交易。这本书让你看见：当婚姻成为阶层流动的筹码，门第、姓氏、尊严，都要重新标价。本书聚焦于明清时期的入赘婚这一婚姻形式，展现了一个时代真实的社会流动图景。书中深入没落仕宦、困顿文人、精明商人和普通平民各个阶层，细致还原了明清时期入赘婚如何成为个人或家族社会地位升降的影响要素，也揭示了这一选择背后所隐含的关于社会地位、财富与身份的计算逻辑。通过这段历史，我们得以窥见传统社会秩序的稳定与变动，如何在最日常的婚姻结合中悄然发生。
入赘，是阶层跃升的捷径，还是命运的赌注？从没落仕宦到困顿文人，从商贾之家到普通平民，他们选择“倒插门”，很多情况下不过是一场关于生存、地位与利益的精密交易。这本书让你看见：当婚姻成为阶层流动的筹码，门第、姓氏、尊严，都要重新标价。本书聚焦于明清时期的入赘婚这一婚姻形式，展现了一个时代真实的社会流动图景。书中深入没落仕宦、困顿文人、精明商人和普通平民各个阶层，细致还原了明清时期入赘婚如何成为个人或家族社会地位升降的影响要素，也揭示了这一选择背后所隐含的关于社会地位、财富与身份的计算逻辑。通过这段历史，我们得以窥见传统社会秩序的稳定与变动，如何在最日常的婚姻结合中悄然发生。
