If you want to divorce a woman so that you can marry another, do not take back the dowry which you had paid even if what you paid was a large amount of gold. To do this is a slanderous act and a manifest sin.
如果你们休一个妻室，而另娶一个妻室，即使你们已给过前妻一千两黄金，你们也不要取回一丝毫。难道你们要加以诬蔑和亏枉而把它取回吗？