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ibleinchina,hoarriedinasedanchairby
enuptheuntainsintheoutskirtsofsoochoensedanbearers
insistedoneefacedly,iletthefor,
ithought,thesearethedesatriarchs,andsistersof
theeninsouthefuhen,hgloriousbreastsandanerectbearing,arry
alandtillthefield,oing,dressandheirhair
neatlyandgotoebacktonursetheirchildrenilk
theyarethesisters,too,ofthoseeninrichfalieshehouseholdand
theirhusbandsaswell
haveenreallybeensuppressedinchina,ioftenhepowerfulfigureof
theeressdodiatelyestondchineseenarenotthe
typetobeeasilysuppressedenhavesufferednydisadvantages,havebeen
preventedfrooldingstenographicpositionsorjudicialposts,butenhave
ruledneverthelessintheho,apartfrohosedebaucheehouseholdsen
havebeetoyseveninthesehossoofthencubinesnagetoruletheir
lordsandoreiortant,enhavebeendeprivedofeveryright,but
theyhaveneverbeendeprivedoftherighttorrytoeverygirlboinchinaahoofheroarried
offatproperagerriageisensonlyinalienablerightinchina,andhthe
enjoyntofthatrighttheyhavethebestother
therearetan,yetit
isinterestingtoseehoetisanhasherrevengethetotaleffectofthe
subjectionofennsistsinthegeneralregnitionoftheinferiorityofen,
inensselfabasent,intheirdeprivationofthesoen,in
theirlessereducationandknoheircheaper,harderandlessfreelives,and
inthedoublesexstandardtheoppressionofenisretheinvisiblesort,
resultingfrohegeneralregnitionoftheirinferiorityhereisnolove
betaybeveryautocratic,andinsuchcasesthe
issiontheenrelyendurefaly
autocracyasthechinesepeopleendurepoliticalautocracybutnoonedaresaythere
arereautoarriagesinchina,forreasonsweshall
soonseetheenareexpefaly
tofaly,andnottolookatninthestreetsbutnyofthereextrely
garrulous,nyoftheadaboutfroalytofaly,andnyoftheookat
ninthestreetstheyareexpectedtobevirtuous,enarenot,butthisisnot
suchagreathardship,sincestenarenaturallychastetheyaredeprivedof
thensiderationandsocialadvantagesenenjoy,butoncethey
getusedtoit,theydontixedparties,fortheyhavetheirsocial
oepartiesasaslittledotheycarefortheprivilegesof
policingthestreetsorpeddlingironportant
parede,inoveandhavetheir
being
inthehotheanrulesnodencanstillbelievehshakespearethat
”frailty,thynaisan”shakespearedisprovedthishielfhhiscleopatra,
andstodisprove
theprevalentnotionofansdependencethechineseeressdowagerruled
thenation,perorhsienfenganyeress
donhouseholdsthehoisthethrone
frokesappointntsforyorsordecidestheprofessionsofher
grandsons
thereoneknooreonerealizesthatthesocalledsuppression
ofenisanoccidentalcriticishatsohoboeoutbyacloser
knoother
andsuprearbiterofthehouseholdanyonesthisshouldreadthered
entofchineseholifestudythepositionofthe
grandtherchia,therelationshipbethatof
anyotheruplethatofthefatheral
andtypieightenvythepositionoftheoldgrandther,he
sthonouredpersoninthereatedhdecencyand
respeoingto
paytheirrespeportantfalyaffairsuhada
pairofboundfeetandenservantshadtouse
theirfeetrethansheorstudytheadaotherofthe
nfucianherointehsaopaqyen,odelofnfucian
,andedlythehighestcharacterinthewholenovelone
heruldbringhersontheprinistertohisknees,andsheched
overtheilyasatherhenguardsover
herchickenyardsheruledhahe
daughtersinlaerisperhapsoverdraitis
notrefiily,anrulesoutsideit,for
nfuciushassetthissharpdivisionoflabour
theenknoentstoresofshanghai
stilllookarriedenhtheirfathandbags,andwish
theyetistheyheyting
sersfortheirbabiesinsteadofuntingthechange,andstandingforastretchof
eighthoursislongandtiringinhighheeledshoesstofthenoinctively
eoftherefertheirindependence,butthesocalled
independenounttochthecynicalones
laughalittleatthis”independenotherhood梖oress,
rong梖ills
... </P></TD>
ibleinchina,hoarriedinasedanchairby
enuptheuntainsintheoutskirtsofsoochoensedanbearers
insistedoneefacedly,iletthefor,
ithought,thesearethedesatriarchs,andsistersof
theeninsouthefuhen,hgloriousbreastsandanerectbearing,arry
alandtillthefield,oing,dressandheirhair
neatlyandgotoebacktonursetheirchildrenilk
theyarethesisters,too,ofthoseeninrichfalieshehouseholdand
theirhusbandsaswell
haveenreallybeensuppressedinchina,ioftenhepowerfulfigureof
theeressdodiatelyestondchineseenarenotthe
typetobeeasilysuppressedenhavesufferednydisadvantages,havebeen
preventedfrooldingstenographicpositionsorjudicialposts,butenhave
ruledneverthelessintheho,apartfrohosedebaucheehouseholdsen
havebeetoyseveninthesehossoofthencubinesnagetoruletheir
lordsandoreiortant,enhavebeendeprivedofeveryright,but
theyhaveneverbeendeprivedoftherighttorrytoeverygirlboinchinaahoofheroarried
offatproperagerriageisensonlyinalienablerightinchina,andhthe
enjoyntofthatrighttheyhavethebestother
therearetan,yetit
isinterestingtoseehoetisanhasherrevengethetotaleffectofthe
subjectionofennsistsinthegeneralregnitionoftheinferiorityofen,
inensselfabasent,intheirdeprivationofthesoen,in
theirlessereducationandknoheircheaper,harderandlessfreelives,and
inthedoublesexstandardtheoppressionofenisretheinvisiblesort,
resultingfrohegeneralregnitionoftheirinferiorityhereisnolove
betaybeveryautocratic,andinsuchcasesthe
issiontheenrelyendurefaly
autocracyasthechinesepeopleendurepoliticalautocracybutnoonedaresaythere
arereautoarriagesinchina,forreasonsweshall
soonseetheenareexpefaly
tofaly,andnottolookatninthestreetsbutnyofthereextrely
garrulous,nyoftheadaboutfroalytofaly,andnyoftheookat
ninthestreetstheyareexpectedtobevirtuous,enarenot,butthisisnot
suchagreathardship,sincestenarenaturallychastetheyaredeprivedof
thensiderationandsocialadvantagesenenjoy,butoncethey
getusedtoit,theydontixedparties,fortheyhavetheirsocial
oepartiesasaslittledotheycarefortheprivilegesof
policingthestreetsorpeddlingironportant
parede,inoveandhavetheir
being
inthehotheanrulesnodencanstillbelievehshakespearethat
”frailty,thynaisan”shakespearedisprovedthishielfhhiscleopatra,
andstodisprove
theprevalentnotionofansdependencethechineseeressdowagerruled
thenation,perorhsienfenganyeress
donhouseholdsthehoisthethrone
frokesappointntsforyorsordecidestheprofessionsofher
grandsons
thereoneknooreonerealizesthatthesocalledsuppression
ofenisanoccidentalcriticishatsohoboeoutbyacloser
knoother
andsuprearbiterofthehouseholdanyonesthisshouldreadthered
entofchineseholifestudythepositionofthe
grandtherchia,therelationshipbethatof
anyotheruplethatofthefatheral
andtypieightenvythepositionoftheoldgrandther,he
sthonouredpersoninthereatedhdecencyand
respeoingto
paytheirrespeportantfalyaffairsuhada
pairofboundfeetandenservantshadtouse
theirfeetrethansheorstudytheadaotherofthe
nfucianherointehsaopaqyen,odelofnfucian
,andedlythehighestcharacterinthewholenovelone
heruldbringhersontheprinistertohisknees,andsheched
overtheilyasatherhenguardsover
herchickenyardsheruledhahe
daughtersinlaerisperhapsoverdraitis
notrefiily,anrulesoutsideit,for
nfuciushassetthissharpdivisionoflabour
theenknoentstoresofshanghai
stilllookarriedenhtheirfathandbags,andwish
theyetistheyheyting
sersfortheirbabiesinsteadofuntingthechange,andstandingforastretchof
eighthoursislongandtiringinhighheeledshoesstofthenoinctively
eoftherefertheirindependence,butthesocalled
independenounttochthecynicalones
laughalittleatthis”independenotherhood梖oress,
rong梖ills
... </P></TD>