Concubines have limited rights of support from the man, and their offspring are publicly acknowledged as the man's children, albeit of lower status than children born by the official wife or wives.

依附男人的小妾们有一些有限的权利，她们所生的孩子虽然比正妻的孩子地位低，但同样会得到公认的男人子嗣的名分。

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Oei Tiong Ham, a tycoon who died in 1924, had 18 concubines and 42 children.

死于1924年的大亨黄天寒，有18个妾和42个孩子。

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They then entered a meritocracy, first as ladies-in-waiting to the sultan's concubines and children, then to the sultan's mother and finally - if they showed sufficient aptitude and were beautiful enough - to the sultan himself.

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Unable to recruit willing fighters, the rebels abduct children and turn them into soldiers, porters and concubines.

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