"Based on my study of history, the question of when China truly began its decline is actually from the end of the Song Dynasty. Following that was the great cultural decline during the Yuan Dynasty, then the light regard for agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing in the Ming Dynasty, and most importantly, in my opinion, the extreme oppression of women starting from the late Song Dynasty, which set off a series of chain reactions afterward."
Standing in the art gallery, Gu Tao quietly said this to Xiuling in front of a copied painting by Tang Bohu, speaking very earnestly, and his viewpoint caused Xiuling to disdain it.
"You mention the light regard for agriculture and commerce, which I can understand, but what does the weakening of culture have to do with women? Don't tell me you're also like those people who blame men's failures on women?"
