Why is Pu Songling's "Qing Mei" all about men being superior to women?

Plum Blossom is a novel by Pu Songling, a writer in Qing Dynasty. It mainly tells the story that Cheng Xiucai fell in love with the fox girl and gave birth to a plum blossom. The fox refused to let Cheng Shusheng take a concubine. Cheng Shusheng did not listen to the advice and finally took a concubine. Miss Fox was very angry and left. A Cheng Xiucai raised a plum tree and died of illness. Mei Qing was sold by her uncle to Wang Jinshi's daughter Ashi as a maid. Zhang Sheng, who was poor in childhood and arrogant, wanted to fix the marriage between Zhang Sheng and Axi. Wang Jinshi thought Zhang Sheng was poor and didn't agree to the marriage. Mei Qing married Zhang Sheng with the help of Axi. Six months later, Axi's mother died, and so did Wang Jinshi. Axi, who fell from home, was lonely and wanted to bury her parents. She finally met Li Lang who helped her bury her parents. Li Lang was driven away by Li Lang's wife when he got home, and the old nun saved Axi. When they met Li Furen, the two servants knew each other and tried their best to fix them up for marriage. She is willing to be a concubine. Zhang Sheng married Axi and respected these two women. A family, big or small, lives happily together.

Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio not only describes men's superiority to women, but also describes women's anti-feudal ethics of pursuing dignity and their own happiness.

Male superiority and female inferiority are mainly manifested in:

The scholar Cheng fell in love with the fox girl and gave birth to childhood friends. The fox often tells Cheng Scholar that he wants a son, and tells Cheng Scholar not to take a concubine. Scholar Cheng Can can't stand the ridicule of friends and relatives, and he doesn't discuss with Fox Girl. In feudal society, women had no status.

When I met Zhang, I was very filial, modest, clever and studious. Mei Qing tried his best to arrange the marriage between Axi and Zhang Sheng. Axi also likes Zhang Sheng Wang Jinshi, suspecting that Zhang Sheng's family is poor and doesn't agree to get married. In feudal society, the feudal rules of the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Permanent Principles were Wang Weichen, with the father as the son and the husband as the wife. The children's marriage is arranged by their parents. Father has the most power at home.

Women pursue self-happiness and oppose feudal ethics.

Cheng fell in love with fox girl and gave birth to childhood friends. Fox girl often tells Cheng that he wants to have a son and tells Cheng not to marry concubines. He didn't discuss with the fox, and finally married a concubine. Seeing that Cheng didn't respect herself, Fox ran away from home. The fox woman ran away from home and rebelled against this patriarchal ethics.

Childhood contributed to the marriage between Zhang Sheng and Axi. A Xi also likes Zhang Sheng, but Wang Jinshi doesn't agree. When I was a child, I volunteered to express my love to Zhang Sheng. With Asi's help, they got married and shared weal and woe. Feudal society is strict in ethics, so it takes a lot of courage to express your happiness and love. Here I express the theme of the author's book, resisting the shackles of feudal ethics, pursuing ideological emancipation and pursuing the ideal love view of the new era.

Plum Blossom depicts a maid who doesn't take people seriously, is in no hurry to marry her husband, or is ungrateful for wealth. We can learn that:

Don't judge people by poverty. The ancients said, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, do not bully the young and the poor, and the wind and water turn around. Things in the world have changed so much that no one can predict them. Zhang Sheng is very filial, polite, well-behaved and studious. His luck has changed. He was promoted to manager before he was promoted to leader. Can't be inferior. Don't be ungrateful for wealth. As Li Shifu's wife, when she met the victim Axi, she did not forget Axi's kindness, married Zhang Sheng again, and was willing to be a concubine. Be grateful.

Childhood describes the anti-feudal ethical thoughts and feelings that men are superior to women and women pursue respect and true love. Praise your childhood, don't take people away from poverty, don't leave your husband in prostitution, and don't let us see the noble quality of being rich and ungrateful. Tell us not to look down on others, but to know how to repay kindness.