Widow chastity
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Widow chastity was an ideal in traditional Chinese cultural practices and beliefs that honored widowed women and discouraged their remarriage, encouraging them instead to live a life of "virtuous chas
Chastity or moral integrity (貞節; zhēnjié) memorial
A chastity memorial arch
Wang Zhong (Qing dynasty)
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Wang Zhong was a Qing-dynasty Chinese scholar from Jiangdu District in Yangzhou. He has been characterised as "the most arrogant scholar of his age".
Widow chastity
…also began to open up new conversations on the fundamental morality of "Widow Chastity". Skeptics of the neo-Confucian status quo of the time, notably Wang Zhong, condemned "Widow Chastity" as a collection of outdated rituals lacking in logic and basic human compassion. Chastity Arch for Qiu Liang-gong's Mother…
Wang Zhong