The notion of female chastity began to be reinforced. Previously it had been common for widows to remarry, but from the Song onwards remarriage was seen as "unchaste," and was not tolerated by the society of the time.
女子貞節觀念開始被強化，過去夫死改嫁是很平常的事，宋朝以後，改嫁被視為「失節」，不容於當時的社會。