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 Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman's pledge of no-concubine loyalty

December 14, 1912, ROC government officially permit men to keep concubines. Keeping concubine used to be a common habit in many places of non-Christian world. Despite China accepted Western influence to change the political system, the social custom could hardly be changed all at once. Thus the custom of keeping concubine remained a issue for the gender historians of the modern period to study. For example, you may refer to our RWMCH: Guo Songyi, "The concubinage system of the Qing Dynasty".

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