Emperor's premarital sex education: Who was the woman of their first sexual experience?
The marriage age for men in the Chinese palace generally did not exceed 18 years old, with most being between 13 and 17 years old. Almost all emperors, young emperors, and crown princes had already been intimate with women before their official weddings, possessing skilled sexual experiences, and some had even already had children. Sima Zhong, the foolish emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, married at the age of 13 while he was still a crown prince. Before Sima Zhong's wedding, his father Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, sent concubine Xie Jiu from the harem to the Eastern Palace to physically instruct the crown prince on matters of intimacy between men and women. When Xie Jiu left the Eastern Palace, she was already pregnant. Later, Xie Jiu gave birth to a son in another palace. A few years later, Crown Prince Sima Zhong met a child in his parents' palace. Emperor Wu of Jin told him that this was his son, which greatly surprised him. Similarly, Emperor Wen Cheng of Northern Wei, Tuoba Jun, married at the age of 17, but when he was 13 and just entering puberty, he had already been intimate with a palace maid, and at 14, he had already become a father.