On the Gender Equality in the National Narrative: Focusing on the View of Woman in Romance of the Three Kingdoms by the Version of Mao's Comments.

The images and the views of women in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms have been criticized which have been regarded as an andro - centric product. In fact, the images of women in history in the earliest surviving version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Jiajing period have been made a positive artistic process so that the women have a place in the national narrative, and this basic characteristics have been kept in many other versions. Mao Lun and his son Mao Zonggang enhanced more the status and value of women in the national narrative by rewriting and reviews. Although limited by the times, especially limited in subject matter and text, Mao Lun and his son couldn't concern the modern women's individual emotional needs and life in his version, they has made valuable efforts and contributions for the gender equality beyond his era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]