The Birth of Chinese Feminism Quotes

“Chinese men refer to their wives as neiren, “person of the inner chamber,” or neizi, “the inner one.” The word nei is opposed to the word wai, or “outer.” By keeping woman as his own property, a man cloisters his wife within the walls and deprives her of her basic freedom”
― He Zhen, The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory