Professor Tran's Lecture

[Jennifer Chang]

These readings would be a great primary source for students to understand how and why people were convinced to take the side of Communism, as well as go over how to make persuasive arguments in writing. He Zhen argued that Confucianism was at fault for poor treatment of women, and even quoted Ban Zhao’s teachings as “poison that filled the world”. She gave several arguments, and followed them up with multiple points from readings, examples, laws. She even had a similar theme throughout her argument - “Everyone needs to eat”, and referred back to this several times in her writing. 

I also enjoyed Professor Tran’s teaching style today as well. She focused on primary sources, and presented quotes from each of these sources to the class. She had the class analyze the quotes, and asked very directed questions about each of these quotes. I felt that the discussions that we had today really helped me understand the ideals of the revolutionaries and feminists at the time.