Live broadcast: Take our ancestors to see modern China

【“From ancient times to the present, women have always been excluded from the mainstream context. What does our New Culture Movement advocate? It is the awakening of all the people.”

"This public includes not only men, but also millions of women."]

A group of students were talking under the podium, and one of the male students said this to his classmates.

While they were in school, they were always concerned about the future of China at that time.

His determined eyes sparkled in everyone's eyes.

The picture below makes people frown.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in a bright red wedding dress was marrying a rooster. The red dress she wore seemed to be blood, but her crying was of no use.

In the pouring rain, a group of thin children were squatting under the eaves, and someone was selling them.

Below the beheading platform, blood flowed on the ground and gradually became a bloody cloth. The people who rushed forward from the surrounding area had empty eyes and scrambled for the medicine numbly, shouting "Medicine—" "Medicine—".

[Women in feudal society were firmly bound by the Three Obediences and Four Virtues and the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, and completely lost their independent status and personality.

Since the New Culture Movement, women's self-awareness has reached a climax.

For thousands of years, the heavy shackles that have bound and destroyed women have been challenged unprecedentedly.

For a long time, women have to obey their parents' orders and matchmakers' words in marriage and must be faithful to their husbands. 】

Looking at the scenes in the video, a dark atmosphere enveloped people.

The social atmosphere during the Qin and Han dynasties was relatively relaxed and open compared to later dynasties, so it is even more absurd to see the oppression of women in later dynasties.

Not to mention royal aristocrats, even ordinary women from the lower classes have certain political rights.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a person named Tiying. Her father, Chunyu Yi, was accused of taking bribes and was sent to Chang'an to be executed by corporal punishment (including carving words on the face, cutting off the nose, and chopping off the left or right foot).

As a daughter, Ti Ying could not bear to see her father suffer such a serious crime, so she wrote a letter to Emperor Wen of Han, criticizing the harm of corporal punishment and asking for atonement for her father.

Emperor Wen therefore issued an edict abolishing corporal punishment.

Ying Zheng couldn't understand why women had such a low status. It would be better for them to go out and win battles.

Besides, you have to be faithful to one man forever? Does that mean you have to be a widow for the rest of your life after your husband dies?

Although I don't know what the Three Obediences and Four Virtues and the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues are, I guess they are not good words here.

The Qin law stipulates: "If a wife is violent, the husband can beat her and cut off her ears; if she breaks her fingers or limbs, what should the husband do? He should be patient."

Beating your wife is not what a real man does, but thinking about the good things that the Song Dynasty did later, the status of women declined rapidly and was directly handed over to the enemy, which was really cowardly.

[Inspired by the ideas of the New Culture Movement, she rose up against her parents' arranged marriage and committed suicide in Huaqiao.

"Women's Clock" published a special issue for her, fully affirming her spirit of "giving up her own life" and "preferring to be a sacrifice of freedom."

She was the victim of the marriage reform - Zhao Wuzhen, a young woman from Changsha.

Under her influence, young Chinese women began to bravely break the shackles of traditional marriage.

Li Xinshu, a female student from Changsha, ran away from home to oppose her parents' arranged marriage and went to Beijing to work and study.

Guo Longzhen, a revolutionary hero who had been imprisoned six times but never gave in, gave an impassioned anti-marriage speech to the guests on the wedding day, and then resolutely returned to Tianjin to continue his studies.

The pioneer of the women's movement, Xiang Police Officer, resolutely rejected the proposal of local officer Zhou Zefan despite her parents' opposition.

Driven by these pioneering women, society began to break the shackles of love and marriage. 】

Many old scholars were jumping up and down under the sky, saying that it was shameful for a woman to show her face in public, not only being unfilial to her parents but also being disobedient.

It's ridiculous that you even committed suicide in rebellion. How can your parents harm you?

However, a few people sincerely envy future generations for living a free and easy life and being able to freely pursue what they want to do.

In their era, if someone did something out of the ordinary, they would definitely be despised by the people around them.

[Since ancient times, it has been a very shameful thing for women to show their faces in public, and it is even more unrealistic for them to go out to work.

To this end, some educated women called for stepping into society with a revolutionary spirit and breaking the concept of occupational inequality between men and women. They also took practical actions to create conditions for women to enter society and find employment.

Yuan Minfang, a woman from Hangzhou, founded a vocational school for the poor, which specifically recruited girls from poor families and helped them acquire a skill.

The Guangdong Women's Federation advocates industrial and commercial reforms to enhance and improve women's careers.

With their active promotion, by the spring of 1921, the Guangzhou-Shantou Railway admitted women through examinations, becoming the first company to hire female employees.

Soon, banks, department stores and other industries also began to recruit female employees. 】

Did it really succeed?

Everyone was surprised. Was this still the same dark scene they had seen?

But think about it, if there hadn’t been the struggle of those before, there would have been no liberation of women later.

The First Emperor admired this group of people and their courage to fight against the secular world.

Considering the "translation" ability of the people behind, the status of women is probably unimaginable.

He doesn't care about men or women, as long as they are useful, everything is fine with him.

The industries under the names of the Daqin female merchants have enormous economic wealth.

He especially admired Ba Guafu Qing, who was a remarkable woman.

Women in the Qin Dynasty could remarry and had the right to report their husbands. If the husband was guilty, the wife's property rights would not be controlled by her husband.

Li Shimin was also a little surprised, but compared to the scenes he had seen before, he wanted to see the woman today more.

In an era where everyone is equal and can read, the process requires continuous practice and breakthroughs in the system by our predecessors.

The traditions left by our ancestors must be used, but they cannot be adopted all the time either.

He encouraged widows to remarry. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty depended not only on the emperor but also on the people, and economic prosperity was inseparable from freight trade.

Which dynasty requires people to follow the three obediences and four virtues and be faithful to their husband? Then why would they want the population?

This is really a thorough oppression of women. I think the women who came after me must have had a hard time.

My sister was able to ride a horse, kill enemies and expand territory. If she had bound feet, she would probably have difficulty walking on the battlefield.

Wu Zetian was amazed when she saw this group of people using themselves as a sharp weapon to break traditions time and time again.

If, as an emperor, I cannot seek benefits for women, then others will look down on me even more.

She wanted to employ female officials in the court to let the world know that women can not only support their husbands and raise children, but also hold power in the court.

But studying is a matter of great importance, and such opportunities have previously been seized by those aristocratic families. But as long as you want to succeed, you will not be afraid of difficulties.

Summon Shangguan Wan'er, she wants to discuss it carefully.

Li Qingzhao thought of the world's criticism of her, saying that she should abide by the virtues of a woman. It was a joke. She could live her life the way she wanted.

Looking at the women of later generations walking out of the door one by one, working hard in their careers, with red eyes, I tell them to keep going like this, don't care about others, just be yourself.