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tinny ([personal profile] tinny) wrote in [community profile] chinesestudy 2025-02-16 01:16 pm (UTC)

Interesting!

This one of course piqued my interest:

男有分,女有归 - Men and women all have an appropriate role in the society and family.

Does 归 imply being taken care of? Being married off? Or is it really "share equally", but if so, why translate it with this ominous "appropriate role"? Hmmmmm. (Not that I expect 2000 year old texts to be able to recognize women's rights.)

"propriety, justice, integrity, honor"

I find it interesting that sense of shame and honor are the same thing. More things to think about. \o/

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