Monday, April 22, 2019

What does 七去之惡 (칠거지악) mean?

ANSWER: the seven grounds for divorcing a wife

七去之惡 (칠거지악) literally means "the seven (七) abandonment evils (去之惡)." These "seven evils" were grounds for divorcing a wife in old China and Korea.
  1. Disobeying in-laws
  2. Inability to produce a son
  3. Adultery
  4. Jealousy
  5. Disease
  6. Talking too much
  7. Stealing 

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