Courtesans and soldier's wives: an analysis of three cases in the Qingming ji U+6E05U+660EU+96C6 Ghent University
In this article the author discusses three lawsuits in the Ming gong shu pan qingming ji U+540DU+516CU+66F8U+5224U+6E05U+660EU+96C6 (U+201CCollection of Enlightened JudgementsU+201D) which concern the punishment of women, either by registration as a government-courtesan or by being forced to become a soldierU+2019s wife.