Heavenly Reason and Human Desire: Women's Marital Life in the Perspective of Traditional Confucian Culture

Author: Xing Lifeng
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book combines knowledge and entertainment. In ancient China, "history" was essentially "his story," entirely controlled by men, with no place for women. The "stories of women" could only be narrated at the mercy of men. Ancient women struggled in the between patriarchal and marital authority, hindered by numerous taboos. This book selects vivid historical facts to realistically portray their figures navigating through trauma, revealing the hidden pains of life that are hard to voice, and exploring the mysteries of fate where tender emotions are entangled with indifference. It is a two-sided mirror—on one side, it reflects a traditional self-examination of women; on the other, it offers a historical critique of patriarchal culture.