In ancient China wives of rich men and poor were treated very badly, they had their feet bound and had to stay at home and clean the house or tend to their children. They had to conceal their feelings. In fact,it got so bad that they made a secret language called Nushu was used for women who were not allowed to be educated and so women could share their feelings and say things that they would get in trouble for; only a small community of women knowing what it meant. As for the wealthy boys of China they were allowed an education, they learned poetry and philosophy to prepare them to be nobles and government officials. The rich in China ate very well. They owned most of the land where food was grown, though most preferred living in the town over the countryside. They wore expensive silk robes that were died bright colors like red and yellow. The rich often grew out their hair because only prisoners and poor people had short hair in China though the monks shaved their heads bald to show that they don't care about looks or labels. Also depending on how rich you were you wore jewelry to state your position.