Liu Huifang—a Modern Woman of Wholesome Character

Despite the fact that Huifang adopts an attitude of submission, endurance, and agreeability in handling affairs and dealing with people, she is intrinsically different from Sister Yanglin.1 Facing Sister Yanglin were dark forces and the feudal Confucian code, but facing Huifang were domestic trivia, relatives, friends, and comrades. When confronting internal contradictions among the people is it necessary to stand with daggers drawn, repaying blows with blows? Liu Huifang's attitude of submission, endurance, and agreeability really covers tolerance, kindheartedness, love, tenacity, and strength. To say that Huifang is hypocritical, vain, and a flatterer is even further from the mark. To take a step back, could we reprove her for falling in love with a university student, for loving cultured people? During the years when the members of the ninth category2 stank, Huifang fell in love with a scoundrel from the five black categories. If she is to be accused of fawning on him, then it must be admit

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