China is a populous country. Later, family planning was implemented. When the second child is open, many couples are still hesitant because the cost of childbirth is too high now. However, in ancient times, there were some regulations about fertility. During the Warring States Period, the population of China was not very large. Later, Qin unified the world. During this period, although there were many wars and many casualties, the population did not decrease, but increased, because there was a policy to encourage childbearing from then on. For example, in the famous Battle of wuyue, Vietnam was defeated. In order to strengthen the country, Gou Jian implemented a very important regulation, that is, encouraging fertility.
According to historical records, since the Western Zhou Dynasty, great attention has been paid to the population problem. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when a woman is about to give birth, she should report to the government in advance, and the government will wait for the midwife. If a boy is born, she will be rewarded with two pots of wine and a dog. If you have a girl, you will be rewarded with two pots of wine and a pig. Also, it was clearly stipulated in the Han Dynasty that when a woman reached marriageable age, she would face punishment if she didn't get married. In ancient times, some knowledgeable people were worried that the rapid population growth would bring some negative effects and even overcrowding, so they also put forward the idea of family planning, that is, having fewer children or not having children.
For example, Wang Fanzhi in the Tang Dynasty was a poet. He attached great importance to the quality of the population and even wrote a poem? You don't have to have many children, just one foot? . By the time of Song Dynasty, the population of China had reached several hundred million. Later, many scholars raised the question of whether fewer students are good or not. From then on, the court began to pay attention to the overall quality of the population, and began to have? Family planning? The theory of.