Dream of the Red Chamber: Lin Daiyu, the Chief Minister

The empress dowager establishes an academy open to both men and women, the foremost school in the dynasty. After the imperial consort returns to visit her family, Lin Daiyu, who is ill, is suddenly ordered by the empress dowager to enroll. Lin Daiyu leaves the Grand View Garden, enters the academy and then the court, and becomes the greatest female chief minister in the land.

Theme: Women are every bit as capable as men, and can even surpass them.