Ancient China was a patriarchal society. According to the design of ancient sages and virtuous men, women only had the obligation to "three obediences": obedience to father, husband and son. However, Chinese people have always had the philosophical concept of "tempered steel can be as soft as a finger". Is it because of this, that the history of "being afraid of wife" is also long-standing.
In ancient times, there was an elegant expression for being afraid of wife: "ju nei". The Cihai Dictionary explains it as "in old times, wife was called 'nei zi', so being afraid of wife was called 'ju nei' ". Men are afraid of their wives, regardless of time, place or social status, there are many funny stories.