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Zhong Chenguan summoned his wayward wife Liao Gengniang before the Chinese-administered court in Batavia, the capital of the Dutch VOC's (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) commercial empire in Asia. 1 According to Zhong, his wife had "eloped" (siben) with an Indonesian man whom he called Gaoshe, "bringing disgrace to his doorstep.
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