Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio.

Summary

A disturbing tale from Qingzhou involves a man in his fifties with a young wife and two sons who, fearing potential new siblings, secretly castrated their father while he was drunk. After mixing the severed parts into a medicinal concoction, the father discovered the truth and dramatically died from his wound. His wife reported the incident, leading to the sons' arrest and execution. A parallel story involves Wang Sheng, who divorced his wife after a month, claiming she couldn't bear children, which the magistrate found absurdly premature and humorous.

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