WOMS210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Tao Te Ching, Tzu, Taoism
11 Apr 2016
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Ru- followe3rs of confucius, meant scholars; 3 teachings of ru (see below) Neo-confucianism- later neo-confucian period reinforced male authority and patrilineal customs; womens role clearly under men- to serve him and please him and bear him sons. Allowed to raise silkworms and weave for men to sell fabrics in market; important to widows since women could not claim any inheritance from parents or husbands and lived at the mercy of male family members. Women expected to prepare & maintain tradiional ancestral rituals- ancestor worship central to neo- Confucian households (sacriices had to be made for all male family members). Abbesses- were efecive fundraisers and builders or restorers of temples who won the patronage of lay devotees, many from wealthy families who provided them with generous inancial support. Abbesses served as ritual experts and healers gave services to laymen and women and to the country, dedicaing prayers and ritual aciviies to longevity of emperor.
