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    1. UdayKapoor 05 Feb 2026
      ght to exist.6 Yet only toeducate men and not to educatewomen-are they not being partial (bi廠）in theit treatment of thetwo sides?7According to the Record of Rituals, at the uge ofeight, children should beginreceiving instructions on the classics. At the age offiftcen, they should receiveadult education. Why is [women's education] alone notfollowing t

      It is hard to ascertain whether Zhao cares about women's education genuinely (even though it is within a patriarchal context), or if this is a means to an end (which is to further cement men's power in a marriage).

    2. UdayKapoor 05 Feb 2026
      ACCORDING TO THE [Book of Ceremonia/] Rituak, a husbandhas the groundof righteousness to remarry; however, no existing texts permita wife to have asecond marriage (ershi 二適).？Therefore, itis sai

      I'm interested to know what Zhao would think of widows and remarriage, as well as adulterous husbands.

    3. UdayKapoor 05 Feb 2026
      . She should act always as if tre

      The author's original claim of being unable to do anything remarkable in life and struggling with her duties seems to show here. This comment on how women should always live in fear seems to be projection from her own time as a 'lowly subject'.

    4. UdayKapoor 05 Feb 2026
      ays, ”A man is born like a wolf; it is feared thathe may develop the ill-ness of having a hunched weak back (uarg 尪）.Awoman is boen like a mo

      The gendering of strength and weakness is particularly interesting here because Zhao does not think that either one is inferior to the other; he just thinks that both must exist to complement the other. It is interesting to consider the possibility of this proverb hinting at an observation of men and women, particularly that there is a 'fear' that women may turn into tigers.

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