Why did ancient women know nothing about books, but they were still very knowledgeable?

Learned people are basically big ladies of big families, and teachers can afford to tutor at home alone. It is good that ordinary people can solve the problem of food and clothing.

1. A woman without talent is a virtue.

It is a deep wrong thought of China in ancient times that women have virtue but not talent. Due to the supremacy of male power, most of the society at that time was male superior to female inferior. Many people think that a woman just needs to take care of Xianggong all her life. Therefore, many of the costume TV dramas we see now are also male masters, who are both talented and knowledgeable. The biggest feature of the hostess is that her values are against the sky, because that was really the case in the society of that year.

In addition, many people have many children and poor living conditions. How can they have the mind and experience to support their studies? As long as you are not hungry. However, in ancient times, status classes were clearly divided. Except for uneducated people, many official families and scholarly families still let girls learn.

2. Four Books and Five Classics, Biography of Women

Some families with advanced culture and ideas will let girls learn the series of Biography of Women and Four Books and Five Classics, but the main purpose is to let them know what manners they should have as a woman and how to be a qualified woman in the future. These books will not make them have much talent, but at least they are very advanced between temperament and speech. They may not be able to talk about literature and politics with men, but at least they will be reasonable, because books will teach them what to do as women, wives and mothers.

There are also some wealthy families who will ask their teachers to tutor them alone. After all, in the past, women were not allowed to go out casually, let alone go to school with boys. If these parents are more open-minded, they may ask teachers to teach some books such as the Book of Songs.

Of course, the most important point is the influence of family background. At that time, families who could educate them to study were naturally well informed, and they grew up in that environment. Therefore, even if you don't know books, you will look very knowledgeable!