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" What is a wife for if not to produce sons?

Why are you so obsessed with having a son? It's so feudal! Don;t you know that men and women are equal now?

My brother has no sons, so it's my responsibility to continue the family line. Our daughters will join their husband's family when they marry, and their names won't be recorded in the Kong register. So they serve no purpose to us.

Still clinging to those outmoded Confucian beliefs! I warn you the modern world will leave you behind.

Huh! Just a few days on the road and already you've become worldly-wise! Don't forget, you left school at eight while I graduated at sixteen, so I'll always be cleverer than you.

Stop being so patronising. We're both fugitives now. Let's see how far your male chauvinism gets you here. "

Ma Jian , The Dark Road


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Ma Jian quote : What is a wife for if not to produce sons? <br /><br />Why are you so obsessed with having a son? It's so feudal! Don;t you know that men and women are equal now?<br /><br />My brother has no sons, so it's my responsibility to continue the family line. Our daughters will join their husband's family when they marry, and their names won't be recorded in the Kong register. So they serve no purpose to us.<br /><br />Still clinging to those outmoded Confucian beliefs! I warn you the modern world will leave you behind.<br /><br />Huh! Just a few days on the road and already you've become worldly-wise! Don't forget, you left school at eight while I graduated at sixteen, so I'll always be cleverer than you. <br /><br />Stop being so patronising. We're both fugitives now. Let's see how far your male chauvinism gets you here.