Yin-Yang Theory’s Influence on Women’s Inferior and Subordinate Status in Ancient China

• Main Authors: Xiaoyan, Dong, Yvonne Michelle, Campbell, Ahmed Shamsul Bahri, Mohamad Tuah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Scholars Network (ASNet) 2024
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46547/1/document%20%2810%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46547/; https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress/article/view/28159; https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2024.6.3.75
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This paper aims to probe into the process of how the yin-yang theory, an ancient Chinese philosophical category impacted the ups and downs of Chinese women status at different stages throughout the ancient Chinese history. In terms of research methods, this paper adopts historical document research method as well as comparative approach. After the research, the paper came to a conclusion that over the long period, the relationship between Chinese men and women transformed from the original complementarity and harmony to the later superior and inferior hierarchy. During this process, Dong Zhongshu’s falsification of the yin-yang theory attributed mainly to Chinese women’s inferior and subordinate status, yet together with some other minor factors