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During the Ming-Qing period, the lives of women were more colorful, especially for women in the elite families. Although the household management and duties still dominated most women¡¦s lives, Ming-Qing women in elite families could hared other concerns, including study, writing and the development of intellectual interests. They visited and wrote letter to each other and also they organized some literary clubs of their own. Their social circle was expanded.

Ming-Qing women wrote different types of letters, such as family letters and social letters. For the family letters, the women would write to their husbands, daughter-in-law and so on. The language was more elegant and less colloquial, compared to men. Also the theme of their letters focused on their interest in intellectual pursuit, literary and artistic interest in individual creativity. They viewed their family member as dual roles, one as a family member and the other as an intellectual companion.

For the social......

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