Chapter 345: Misunderstood Chapter
Chapter 345: Misunderstood Chapter
"This senior Ban Zhao's 'Precepts for Women' advocates the Three Obediences and Four Virtues' and also emphasizes that men are superior to women. If this were in the Han Dynasty, it wouldn't be a big problem.
During the Han Dynasty, the phenomenon of favoring boys over girls was not as serious as in later dynasties.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that the book "Nujie" was directly regarded as a classic and was widely publicized.
In fact, this is just a tool used by those in power to better control the people.
Since then, the status of women has plummeted, and women's thoughts have been imprisoned for a thousand years.
A large part of the reason why the Song Dynasty did this came from the Tang Dynasty. Because there was a empress in the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty were afraid that there would be another empress in their Song Dynasty, so they suppressed women.
Women are devalued and are required to obey their fathers at home, their husbands after marriage, and their sons after their husbands' death. Women are not allowed to show their faces in public, let alone meet men other than them.
In short, women are oppressed to the extreme, and they have no freedom at all, especially in remote areas. They also say that if the daughter-in-law is disobedient, just give her a few more beatings," Li Wu's eyes were full of disgust.
What she hates most is domestic violence. Only useless men will abuse women.
The situation is better now. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was common for women to be beaten, and people didn’t dare to divorce at that time.
However, even now, the phenomenon of domestic violence still exists, and there are still many of them.
Even if you call the police it will be useless. They will just say it is a family dispute. It's really scary.
Empress Changsun could hardly believe that the women in later dynasties could be so pitiful.
Many people in front of the sky were extremely embarrassed. Why did the little fairy say that? Women should stay at home quietly. What's the point of showing up in public?
Barrage
Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: The dynasties that followed were truly ridiculous. They were probably afraid that women would surpass you, so they resorted to all kinds of suppression.
Qin Shi Huang couldn't stand it. If the women in his Great Qin were talented, he would definitely not refuse to use them just because they were women.
No matter whether they are men or women, human or ghost, as long as they are talented, they will all work for him.
Empress Wu Zetian: Oh, those cowards of the Song Dynasty are not even as good as a woman like me, and you still have the nerve to suppress me. What? Aren’t you born of women? Are you animals?
Wu Zetian suppressed her anger. She had read many comments from women in later dynasties in the barrage and knew that they had lived very hard lives. She was really angry.
Ban Zhao of the Eastern Han Dynasty: I never wrote this book “Female Commandments” to suppress women. You people deliberately misinterpreted my meaning and now put all these insults on my head. You are really shameless!!!
Ban Zhao was almost angry to death. She had absolutely no intention of suppressing women when she wrote "Precepts for Women". She just wanted to make life easier for married girls in their husband's family and teach them some tips on how to get along with others. However, it was misinterpreted in that way.
Using the book she wrote to suppress women in various ways is infuriating and hateful!
When many women saw Ban Zhao speak out, they also stood up. They knew that these were all tactics used by these politicians.
Just to suppress these women!
At one time, many women threw away books such as "Female Rules" and "Female Virtues" and stopped reading them.
The superiors all looked unhappy, thinking that these women were challenging their authority, but in the end they did not dare to do anything.
With the little fairy around, they dare not do anything.
If they lay hands on women, they will be really finished. Not only will the little immortals be the ones to blame, but people from other dynasties will also scold them to death.
Sky
"How could this be misunderstood like this?" Empress Changsun couldn't even believe it and looked at Empress Ma and Empress Xu.
Both of them nodded and said, "Indeed, there are things like "Female Virtues" and "Female Precepts" following it, which all have various requirements for women to do this and that." Queen Ma shook her head, but she was not very constrained.
"The women in later dynasties are so pitiful. How could they be like this?" Empress Chang Sun felt sorry for the women in later dynasties. How hard their lives must have been.
"Actually, I'm much better now, all thanks to the little immortal. Thank you very much, little immortal," said Queen Xu, standing up and bowing to Li Wu to express her gratitude.
Queen Ma also stood up and bowed.
"Empress Ma and Empress Xu, you don't have to be polite. Please stand up quickly," Li Wu stood up and said, "This is what I should do. I am also a woman, and I know how difficult it is for women to survive in this world. I will help as much as I can."
She was powerless to do more.
“Not only has the “Rings for Women” been misunderstood, but many words we often know have also been misunderstood, deliberately taken out of context and used to oppress women!
For example, men are superior to women, which is known to many people. However, this sentence has been misunderstood as men are superior and women are inferior.
In fact, the original intention is that men should have self-respect and women should be humble, not that men are noble and women are humble. How can women be humble? " Speaking of this, Li Wu couldn't help but raise his voice.
Many illiterate people in front of the sky curtain looked at the scholar and asked, "Is what the immortal said true? Doesn't this saying of men being superior to women mean that men are noble and women are humble?"
The scholars remained silent. How did they know this? It was just what the book said and many people thought so, so naturally they all thought so.
The people in the previous dynasties are not like that. The people in the later dynasties are really outrageous. It’s as if they didn’t exist. What nonsense are you talking about?
"There is also the saying that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. This saying means that if a woman has no talent, being able to distinguish right from wrong is a rare virtue, and this is the argument of distinguishing right from wrong. In order to oppress women, this saying is taken out of context.
Women were not allowed to learn to read, but only to study books such as "Female Virtues" and "Female Precepts" that restricted women's thoughts.
I also think many people have heard the saying that women have the most vicious hearts. The word "woman" in "woman" is similar to "负" in "罪心人", and unfaithful people are the most vicious.
There are many more words like this, which are taken out of context and used to regulate women. If you don't believe it, the comments are all there, and you can ask what they mean," said Li Wu. Women in previous dynasties did not live as miserably as women in later dynasties.
Especially for women in the Tang Dynasty, the degree of freedom was still very high.
Many women also asked this question on the sky curtain. Not only women, but many men did the same. When they knew these words, they told them that this was the meaning, and they had always thought so. But now the little fairy said it was not the case.
This is because people in the past wanted to oppress women and took the words out of context and deliberately misinterpreted them.
So many people want to know the truth. Men with conscience see the miserable life their mothers live at home and sometimes want to help but are powerless to do so. But now they can.
The imperial court has issued an edict that women are not allowed to be beaten, and anyone who is reported will be arrested by the government.
The comments were all grateful to the immortal for his words, which made them understand.
"I won't go into all of these one by one. I have already talked about your deeds, Empress Changsun. Now it's my turn to talk about Empress Ma," said Li Wu.
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