Once Zhu was discussing a legal case with his student Zhao Shixia. There was a woman whose husband's family was incapable of providing support for her, so the county magistrate allowed her own family to take her back. Zhao wondered how the court could agree to break the bond tying wife to husband just because of poverty.
其中一則是朱子曾與學生趙師夏討論一個司法案例：有一位婦人，因為夫家養不起她，縣官因而准許娘家將她帶回家。