In the ancient Chinese society, men could marry concubines.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
资产阶级分子和从旧社会来的知识分子的绝大多数都是爱国的,他们愿意为蒸蒸日上的社会主义祖国服务。
資產階級分子和從舊社會來的知識分子的絕大多數都是愛國的,他們願意為蒸蒸日上的社會主義祖國服務。
zī chǎn jiē jí fèn zǐ hé cóng jiù shè huì lái de zhī shi fèn zǐ de jué dà duō shù dōu shì ài guó de , tā men yuàn yì wèi zhēng zhēng rì shàng de shè huì zhǔ yì zǔ guó fú wù .
The vast majority of the bourgeoisie and the intellectuals who come from the old society are patriotic and are willing to serve their flourishing socialist motherland.