Chastity and Loyalty:Description of Chastity-pursuing Death of Women in the South Region of the Yangtze River during the Ming-Qing Interregnum by the Adherents of Ming Dynasty

The scourge of war between the Ming and Qing dynasties had made the society unrest.And the unrest conflicts happened in the south region in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River had made the living conditions of the living in the area worsen rapidly.Facing the disasters,the there chose death to prove their chastity,which reflected the and the national consciousness of the adherents of the Ming Dynasty,as well as their longing and the hatred for their old country.The chastity-pursuing death also became their inner sustenance and living values.Through the description of a large number of women's death in the south region of the Yangtze River and the chastity-pursuing deeds of the there,the morality of the adherents of the Ming Dynasty was employed in a tone of justice only showed on women to satirize the intellectuals.Therefore,the consideration about chastity and loyalty was insinuated and their political ethics and moral values were preserved.