At the time, a couple had two ways to get a divorce. One was a peaceful divorce; the other was not an amicable divorce. Literally, if couples got a divorce peacefully, they might still be friends in the future. The husband might write some blessings on the divorce letter. But if a couple got a divorce by the latter one, they probably would want to kill each other if they met again.

So, for a couple, to get a divorce through the second way was not easy. The officials might not ...