Role of Women in Ancient China

To be honest, I do not know how to write this blog post until I reach one of the last few paragraphs in Chapter 11. This is a paragraph on how Chinese civilization allows women to give more power than other civilizations. Now, this has intrigued my interest but, unfortunately, this is just a reflection on the author. When I think of the role of women in China, I think how women leave a certain distance from men who follow them. As to whether men have several sons of different women, women compete against each other and try to promote their son. In the early history, women were mentioned only when there is usually a problem with men. Confucius was not until the story of a good woman appeared. I hope I can put things in my eyes. I do not think the position of women's power will occur during the time we talk in class. However, in these times women have begun to play a role in the family system. I think that this may be a bit more than in the case of ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia.

After Confucius, writers often refer to the theory of yin and yang. The shadow represents a woman. This is acceptable, passive and quiet. This makes Yan a man. Yang is hard, dominant and positive. Of course they are completely opposite. Yin and Yang's theory shows that these differences between men and women are part of the natural order, not the social system. Yes, yin and yang praise each other, but this does not mean that it must be equal. Since the sun is considered to be the dominant power, if the shade becomes advantageous, it is considered to be an imbalance order in the universe and society.

In the Han dynasty, the composition of the family began to change as some laws passed. If this family male head died before his son grew, the women's work was to complete the role before his son grew up. In addition, men can divorce only when a woman comes home. According to Hyundai, these are not so many, but that is the beginning. People also began to recognize that women can play an important role in their families only when women are grandmothers.

Up to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), more and more women were able to read and write. Female poets are also common in this period. For this reason, the position of women's power described in our textbooks is rare as I disappoint.

The role of women in ancient China was slavery and oppression, which was reflected in the realistic style of writers of the 17th and 18th centuries. Asian women are not as good as men, but they always have places in the poetic traditions of their culture. Cao Xueqin imitated letters in his novels in his novel "Stone Story". In the early feudal Japan, the independence of women was limited during the long-term shogunate rule. In the early feudal period, women of the Samurai played a major role in the management and defense of the family, but in the Tokugawa shogunate (1600 - 1868), the rights of women of the family of the Samurai hardly existed. "When I was young, I follow my father, when I got married to my husband, and when I became a widow I followed my son."

In order to understand the role of women in China today, China's past is extremely important. In the Chinese empire, women occupy a relatively low position among men. Women have some power; for example, in families, they usually play a leadership role. However, this power generally does not exceed the circumstances of families and families. Between the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the role of women in Chinese society began to change dramatically.