Addressing women as "a surname" is a product of the patriarchal era, which embodies the low status of women and can only be subordinate to men. The "A" of "A" is the woman's husband's surname. You can also call it "so-and-so", with your husband's surname in front and your own surname behind.

In ancient China, the custom of married women taking their husbands' surnames was roughly formed in the Han and Wei Dynasties, and it became a common practice at the end of the Southern Dynasties. It is estimated that there is a direct causal relationship between the formation of family organizations and aristocratic families, especially during the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties. The same clan with manor as the scope has always been the main form of family survival and development in the war years. As one of the ways to strengthen the family cohesion of all members in the body, it is obviously necessary to determine the wife's husband as the principle of address, and its side effect is bound to further strengthen the personal attachment relationship between wife and husband.

Li, Wang, Wang ... this is the "title" left by married women in official and private books after five generations. But this kind of "appellation" can only be recognized if it is attached to the husband. If their husbands die, or for other reasons, they need to appear in public places, official and private documents (such as cases and contracts) as legal persons or independent persons. Because many people share the same surname, this oversimplified title is obviously difficult to identify. The corresponding solution is to add the husband's surname before the wife's surname, such as Liu, Zhao Xingshi and Hong Lishi, which not only shows the married status, but also reminds her that she is a member of the same surname and a matriarchal family surname, which can kill two birds with one stone. The so-called custom of addressing women by their husbands' surnames came into being to meet certain needs under such established historical conditions. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, genealogist Song Lian capitalized Biography and named it Zheng Huang Biography, Fu Tang Biography, Zhou Jie Diao Nv Biography, Xie Xian Fu Biography and Song Biography. It follows this example. Compared with the previous Biography of Women's Wives, it is "different".