Ban Zhao

1. The main purpose of this article is:

The writer has prepared lessons for her daughters on how to conduct themselves as women. She gives several different keys to being a good woman. She wrote these lessons for her daughters, but for a larger audience. With these lessons women can conduct themselves as virtuous women within Chinese society.

2. The main point of view presented is:

MPOV

Ban Zhao

§ Author

§ Female

§ Advisor

§ Scholar

§ Widow

§ Historian

§ Writer

§ Mother

APOV

Confucius

§ Chinese

§ Male

§ Political Figure

§ Philosopher

§ Educator

3. The most important information is:

§ She starts her lesson by being humble, submissive to Chinese patriarchal way of life.

§ Wrote lessons to benefit her daughter and other women of China.

§ Taught how a woman she e very modest, as well as very respectful unto others.

§ Instructed women to be hard workers, and to do their hard work without complaint.

§ Tells her daughters to serve their husband because it is a natural way of life.

§ Women