> [!cite] > Hinsch, Bret. *Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China*. University of California Press, 1992. --- ‘From ancient times, wealthy men in China could supplement their regular wives with concubines purchased as an addition to the household. Because these women were often bought from their families, such procurement in face resembled the purchase of slaves. Yet a concubine differed from a slave in that by gaining her master’s sexual attentions she also gained a special social and legal status.’ [[Hinsch, Passions of the Cut Sleeve, 1992|(Hinsch 1992, 51)]]