The ancient imperial system and etiquette dogma were very strict. You should abide by everything you say, otherwise it will bring trouble to the people. Except politics and marriage, unlike our modern free marriage and love, you have the right to choose your other half. In the dynasty at that time, although Wang Xianzhi and his ex-wife had deep feelings, they had to take the road of divorcing their wives, making them unhappy all their lives.
There are many famous people in history, and they are all miserable in this respect. Even Lu You, a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, was an honest official deeply loved by the people and respected by colleagues in the same dynasty. Because he accepted some new knowledge, his thoughts were beyond ordinary people and his vision was different from ordinary people, but he finally succumbed to the constraints of ethical codes at that time and was forced by his mother to divorce his ex-wife who had deep feelings for him.
Therefore, the Wang Xianzhi incident can be said to be a representative of celebrities at that time. Because of the princess's identity, he seldom saw his ex-wife after divorce, but he could write a letter to his ex-wife. Apart from this letter, the divorced wife can only live a lonely life silently, which is really cruel to a woman. Although Wang Xianzhi married the princess after divorcing his wife and became rich, he was always sad and died at the age of 43.