Divorce

The Book of Rites mentions seven defects for which a man may divorce his (q.v.). j I ' vife ( IMG:p155_8.png:Chinese characters:— i sterility of male infants; ii. adultery; iii. disobedience or neglect of parents-in-law; iv. a bad tongue; v. theft; vi. jealousy; vii. an 1 156 incurable disease. But any of these seven reasons is not sufficient for divorce under three conditions; i. if the wife has mourned three years for her father-in-law or mother-in-law; ii. if the husband, formerly poor, has became wealthy; iii. if there are no relatives left in her father's family to receive her. But these three conditions will not avail if the defect is adultery cr neglect of parents-in-law. If husband and wife cannot live in harmony, they may agree to separate, and the wife can return to her father's family, but may not marry again. A divorced wife may not be sold by her husband. A women who has been divorced may marry again. Hoang: Le Mariage chino is.