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ChineseWomen

PoliticalPerspective

ThePoliticalPositionofAncientChineseWomen

VariedinDifferentSocialSystemsandDynasties.

InChineseancientmatriarchalsociety(Primitivesociety,before3,000-2,000BC),womencouldparticipateinpoliticalactivitiesthroughtakingpartindivination(占卜)activitiesandjoiningarmy.

FromtheZhouDynasty(1046BC-771BC),womensparticipationinpoliticalaffairswasdisapproved.

TheConfucianism(551-479BC)marginalizedwomeninpoliticalactivities.

PoliticalPerspective

Inthepast,Chinesewomenweresilent.

“Thehendoesnotannouncethemorning.The

crowingofaheninthemorningindicatesthe

subversionofthefamily.(LiandWang,2004)

ThreeObediencesandFourVirtues—the

principleoffeudalmoralconduct,showingthatmenweresuperior.(Alfred,1998)

PoliticalPerspective

ThreeObediencesandFourVirtues

三从：是未嫁从父、既嫁从夫、夫死从子：

Obedienttothefatherbeforemarriage;

Obedienttothehusbandaftermarriage;

Obedienttothesonafterthehusbandsdeath

四德：妇德、妇言、妇容、妇功：

Fidelity;

Physicalcharm;

Proprietyinspeech;

Efficiencyinneedlework

PoliticalPerspective

TheFourGreatBeauties

--theWomenbehindpoliticalfigures

Drowningfishes:XiShi

Fallenwildgeese:WangZhaojun

Obscuredmoon:DiaoChan

Blushingflowers:YangYuhuan

TheStoryofXiShi:

GouJianOverthrowstheStateofWu.

InSpringAutumnPeriod(770-221BC),

theStateofWudefeatedtheStateofYue.

ThekingofYue,GouJian,swallowedthe

humiliationsandmadehimselfahostagein

ordertoprotecthispeopleandhiscountry.

HesentXiShi,whosebeautywaswell-

knowninthestateofYue,tosetahoney

trapforthekingofWu.ThekingofWufell

PictureSource:originallypaintedbyChinesepainterXiaoYutian

inlovewithXiShiatthefirstsightand

spentalotoftimebeingtogetherwithher

fromthenon,payinglittleattentionto

politicalaffairs.Inthisway,XiShiplayed

animportantr