The ancients also had freedom of marriage. How did people get divorced in the pre-Qin period?

In ancient China, marriage and divorce were restricted by social customs and traditions, and the divorce laws of different regions and nationalities were different. In the pre-Qin era (before 22 1 year BC), there was usually no formal legal procedure for divorce. Divorce between husband and wife is often the final divorce caused by infertility.

On the contrary, divorce is usually carried out by mutual consent of husband and wife or through family intervention. In some cases, a couple may just agree to separate and then go their separate ways. In other cases, the couple's family will negotiate to solve this problem.

It is worth noting that divorce was not widely accepted in ancient China and was usually regarded as a last resort. Confucianism dominated the pre-Qin era, emphasizing the importance of family stability and the obligation of keeping loyalty and loyalty between spouses. This social and cultural background made divorce relatively rare in ancient China, and it was often regarded as the failure of marriage.

Generally speaking, although there was a certain degree of freedom of marriage in ancient China, divorce was not common and was usually regarded as the last resort when there was no other way to solve the marriage problem.