# Quote — Shī Nàiān, The Water Margin

> Parents pick the first husband, widows choose the second.

- Author: [Shī Nàiān](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian.md)
- Book: [The Water Margin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian/the-water-margin.md)
- Original (zh): 初嫁从亲，再嫁由身。
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Water_Margin#Quotations) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian/the-water-margin/parents-pick-the

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