[KS] Re: Query Re: chil-guh-ji-ak

[Joshua Margolis]

The seven grounds are failure to produce a son, infidelity, theft, mental or physical incapacity, garrulity (i.e. nagging), jealousy, and disobedience to one's parents-in-law. 
 
 
 
Josh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mia Yun 
To: korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 7:48 PM
Subject: Query Re: chil-guh-ji-ak


Dear List,


In Confucian Choson, there were seven grounds upon which a man could divorce his wife.  They were called chil-guh-ji-ak in Korean.  The failure of a woman to produce a male heir and jealousy are two of them.  What are the rest?   Any help would be greatly appreciated. 


Thanks.


Mia Yun
Author of HOUSE OF THE WINDS
http://www.pipeline.com/~miayun 


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