Chapter 10 Pursuit of Learning
I was clever from childhood. After starting studies, I was quick-witted. I often had clever words and wonderful answers.
Aniang overcame objections. She repeatedly invited tutors to teach me.
But at ten years old, no one would accept me anymore.
Because of the separation of men and women. And the world said a woman's lack of talent was virtue.
Noble daughters mostly learned household management as life's highest goal.
Content in the inner quarters, managing the household, serving in-laws above, attending husband, treating concubines well, and raising children—that was a woman's ultimate pursuit in life.
Aniang said actually the world had many female talents. But trapped by this era, no one dared show it publicly.
But why?
Why could men go out to study, enter court as officials, point out rivers and mountains, charge across battlefields?
While we women could only waste life for a "virtuous"评价?
Aniang held my hand. She wrote the character "fate."
"Fate is supported by words and actions, below heaven one. But all things depend on people, so people top it."
"Yaohua, remember: the sea is wide for fish to leap, the sky vast for birds to fly."
"Even if the path ahead is rough, things depend on people. The survivor is king."
Being born a woman wasn't my fault. If I liked something, no need to hesitate because I was a woman.
With this waist token, I could finally borrow ancient books and classics I couldn't see before.
But I buried myself in bitter study in Xiaoxiang Courtyard. The plot didn't plan to let me go.