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Wen Ying's Story Analysis

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In the conclusion, I am satisfied with the ending of “Ying-ying’s story”; First of all, this end indicates the awakening of feminism in Tang Dynasty. It related to the social background, which took place in the mid-Tang Dynasty, Tang Dynasty is the most prosperous and open dynasty. In this open-minded atmosphere, the feminist consciousness awakened and underlined. Ying-ying was different from other women images in previous traditional Chinese literature; she pursues her own love and devotes herself to her true love, which represented the sense of feminism. Her love helped her to break the yoke of Confucian thought and pursue their love even at the cost of dedicated women’s most precious
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