Wednesday, November 13, 2013

ch 9


In the golden age of Chinese achievement there was some give and take as far as the women go.  I would say that overall their lives improved.  However, I do think the feet binding part sounds painful!!!!!  I had hear about the Chinese binding girls feet but I was a bit skeptical on if it actual happened nor did I know why.  After reading this in a history book I was almost shocked to discover it did happen and it happen so that the girls would be restricted inside to do inside chores.  On the positive side the girls started to see more property rights, education and there were even powerful paintings and statues of women created.  I think that painting and statues of women is a good sign of improved statues. 
I never knew that Buddhism wasn’t very popular in China at first.  I always thought that Buddhism and China just kind of went together.  Now that I’m taking more time to think about it, it makes sense that it was not a solid belief at first because it focused more individual enlightenment while China is very much about the society.

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