And from this we can extrapolate that the justice system of the time probably dealt with this too. The treatment of women, men, and family in Chinese law also supports this conclusion. We turn to additional examples from the text for evidence. Page 120 of “The Death of Woman Wang” has the text “For by the simple act of running away from her husband, Woman Wang had become a criminal in the eyes of the law. Only if a wife was seriously injured or mutilated by her husband, or if she was forced to commit sexual acts with others, was she free to leave him.” On page 126, meanwhile, there is the information “The law… clearly stated that a husband can divorce his wife for one of seven reasons: inability to bear children,