Widow's Profit - Kafunori

…However, no matter how lonely and sad it was to sleep alone, it was considered good etiquette that "widows should not cry at night" (Book of Rites). They tended to live in poverty, and the Book of Songs states that the leftover reaping here and there, the gleanings there, are "a widow's profit," a widow's gain. Very occasionally, there are stories of a brave mother who manages the family business with great skill, or of a prosperous family. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…しかし，独り寝がいかにわびしく悲しくても，〈寡婦は夜，哭（こく）せず〉がエチケットとされた(《礼記》)。　生活は困窮しがちで，《詩経》には，あちらの刈残し，こちらの落ち穂，それは〈寡婦の利〉，やもめの拾い得，とうたわれている。ごくまれには，家業をとりしきってすご腕を発揮する肝ったま母さんや，ほそうで繁盛記もないではない。…

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