...others, to outdo others, — all things at variance with the " way " in which a woman should wulk. The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obedience,...instant, should she be allowed to see or hear the least impropriety. The customs of antiquity did not allow men and women to sit in the same apartment,1...

...famous work entitled " The Greater Learning for Women." I follow Professor Chamberlain's translation : "The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obedience, chastity, mercy and quietness." "The customs of antiquity did not allow men and women to sit in the same apartment, to keep their wearing...

...and the end will be dismissal from her husband's house, and the covering of herself with ignominy." "The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obedience, chastity, mercy, and quietness." "The customs of antiquity did not allow men and women to sit in the same apartment, to keep their wearing...

...when she speaks it is to set herself above others, to upbraid others, to envy others, to be puffed up with individual pride, to jeer at others, to outdo...gentle obedience, chastity, mercy and quietness." The man who wrote this last paragraph was a Japanese Solomon. It reads like a lost chapter in the Book...

...when she speaks, it is to set herself above others, to upbraid others, to envy others, to be puffed up with individual pride, to jeer at others, to outdo...gentle obedience, chastity, mercy, and quietness." The man who wrote this last paragraph was a Japanese Solomon. It reads like a lost chapter in the book...

...in Japan. A few extracts from Professor Chamberlain's translation will show their general spirit : " The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obedience, chastity, mercy, and quietness. " It is the chief duty of a girl living in the parental house to practise filial piety toward her father...

...variance with the 'way' a woman should walk. The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obediencei chastity, mercy, and quietness. " From her earliest...instant, should she be allowed to see or hear the least impropriety. The customs of antiquity did not allow men and women to sit in the same apartment,...

...moralist, Kaibara, on "The Greater Learning of Woman," are the basis of most exhortations to the fair sex: "From her earliest youth a girl should observe the line of demarcation separating women from men. . . The great, lifelong duty of woman is obedience. . . She must look to her husband as her lord, and...

...more incumbent on her than it is on a boy to receive with all reverence her parents' instructions." " The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obedience, chastity, mercy, and quietness." " After her marriage her chief duty is to honor her father-in-law and mother-in-law, — to honor them...

...with individual pride, to jeer at others, to outdo others, — all things at variance with the ' way ' a woman should walk. The only qualities that befit...instant, should she be allowed to see or hear the least impropriety. The customs of antiquity did not allow men and women to sit in the same apartment,...