Confucianism And Raise The Red

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the house of which the master chooses to join for the night. Each night the wives wait to be honored with his presence, bowing in resignation when they aren’t chosen, often scheming to be noticed next time. The women soon begin to compete for the lanterns. They are jealous of one another and double cross one another. This brings out a darker side of the women capable of anything in order that their needs are met. This example shows a negative aspect. It is a humiliation of the neglected mistresses. The positive aspect may be the power of the wife who gets chosen. Her needs are being met and she gets to pick the meal for the night.
There are documents that show actual life in the Confucian family in late traditional times in China before the advent of modern Western ways. In the last sixteen century by one of the elders of the Miu lineage made a set of practical instructions. These help people run their household. The main purpose of these rules is to protect individual family ...

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and outer room, halls, doorways, and furniture should be swept and dusted every morning at dawn (Doc. 2 p. 71). Once again we see another family ritual being followed. The negative effect is they became too dependent on all the pampering they received. This special treatment was given to them so they would remain dependent women.
If any Confucian rules were broken, strict punishment would be imposed. Document two mentions, “family members who deliberately violate family regulations should be taken to the family temple, have their offenses reported to the ancestors, and be severely punished.”(Doc. 2 p 71) In Raising the Red Lantern I definitely saw family members being punished. The ...

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