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Wenshi muxun 溫氏母訓

Sep 26, 2013 © Ulrich Theobald

Wenshi muxun 溫氏母訓 "Ms Wen's Maternal Instructions" is an educational text created by Wen Yijie 溫以介 during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644). The short book was written down by an unknown person on the base of Ms Wen's instructions. It is similar to other texts describing how a young girl had to learn her social status and how to serve her parents and later her husband, but also, how to behave in the important role of a mother. The text is written in a very simple language with short sentences. It is included in Chen Hongmou's 陳宏謀 series Wu zhong yigui 五種遺規, but with the title Jiaonü yigui 教女遺規.

Source:
Jiaoyu da cidian bianzuan weiyuanhui 教育大辭典編纂委員會, ed. (1991). Jiaoyu da cidian 教育大辭典, part 8, Zhongguo gudai jiaoyu shi 中國古代教育史 (Shanghai: Shanghai jiaoyu chubanshe), Vol. 1, 254.