Divorce under historical Confucian tradition
by dr-peter-lim
In Confucian tradition, husbands could divorce their wives based on ‘Seven Grounds for Divorce’ as stated below but generally this no longer applies in modern days:
1 failure to produce a son;
2 disobedience to the parents in law;
3 promiscuity or lewd behaviour;
4. jealous behaviour ( disrupting household harmony)
5. had an incurable disease
6. excessive talking
7. theft
This aspect appears in a chapter on The Sociology of a Confucian Family in my 10th forthcoming book titled The Wisdom of Confucianism (A Guide for our chaotic modern Age), to be ready in Feb.