Yuan Qiu once rescued an abandoned baby girl from a mass grave, took a miserable performer away from a brothel, and founded the only girls' school in the Great Yong. Everyone said the young master of the Cheng'an Earl's household was kindhearted. Praise poured down on him as if it cost nothing. The powerful and wealthy suggested that he also help poor men and scholars whose talents had gone unrecognized.
Yuan Qiu agreed without a second thought.
But later, he changed his mind.
He realized he only wanted to help the women who suffered even more in this era of male superiority.
The world had room for men, but women struggled to find a way to survive.
When men were poor and destitute, their wives were treated like beasts of burden, expected to bow their heads and obey.
When men became marquises and ministers, their wives were confined to the inner quarters, bearing children and fighting domestic battles.
Rising through the ranks and holding power in court had always been men's privilege.
Even the times declared that women were men's appendages.
As if they had no human rights.
Human rights...
Yuan Qiu didn't know why those words came to him, but he understood their shape and felt their meaning.
Beneath his calm, gentle exterior, something seemed to lie hidden, something that wanted to overthrow the existing order and build something new.
So he turned his attention to his cousin, forced into marriage despite longing for the frontier; his younger cousin, imprisoned for sneaking into the imperial examination hall; and his elder sister, whose husband's family scorned her for giving birth to daughters.
Please, stand up.
Theme: Men and women are equal. Together, we can create a better world.
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