Who Says Women Are Inferior to Men? The Yang Family's Little Girl Tops the Imperial Exams

Does an inkstone distinguish yin from yang? Why should the annals of history distinguish men from women?

Yang Xin, a modern-day businesswoman, was mistakenly summoned by a blunder-prone underworld official and unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of Yang Xinxin, the youngest daughter of the Yang family in Yangjia Village during the Great Xia Dynasty.

She thought that in this ancient society, all she could do was marry and raise children, living an uneventful life.

But on the very day she was born, the new emperor ascended the throne and introduced reforms, issuing the Women's Special Examination Edict, which allowed women to take the imperial exams and enter government service.

Yet in the five years since the edict was issued, not a single woman had passed the exams and become an official.

The scholars often scoffed, “A woman becoming an official is the biggest joke in the world.”

To face-slap those arrogant men,

Yang Xinxin put her modern knowledge to use again. By day, she helped the villagers escape poverty and prosper; by night, she studied the Four Books and Five Classics by lamplight.

She began her studies at five, wrote “Spring Dawn,” and memorized hundreds of poems and books, earning a reputation as a child prodigy.

At nine, she became the Great Xia Dynasty's first female xiucai, astounding the world.

At ten, she successfully cultivated sweet potatoes after watering them day and night, giving people across the land enough to eat.

At eleven, she invented Cai Hou paper and became the idol of scholars everywhere.

At fourteen, she earned top honors in all six imperial examinations and became the top scorer, face-slapping those rotten men!

At sixteen, she founded a comprehensive academy that welcomed both boys and girls, breaking gender barriers and elevating women's status!

At eighteen, she began taking disciples and earned great prestige in academic circles.

At twenty, she became the Great Xia Dynasty's first female chancellor. She served the emperor for more than thirty years, making Great Xia the mightiest nation of its time.

Yang Xinxin became a role model for women everywhere, and a trend of valuing women over men swept through the land.

Who says women are inferior to men? Clearly, women can match any man!