To The Fall Of A Little Wild Goose Analysis

The poems written by Huang E and Qiu Jin showcase a changing of views for women in China. Huang E lived during the Ming dynasty, which was controlled by the Mongols. While the Mongols controlled China foot binding as a practice flourished and was encouraged. Foot binding during the Ming dynasty was “essentially grounded in eroticism. Bound feet were central to a woman's identity as an aspect of her beauty that she could control.” (Chinese Beauty through the Changes of Time). During the Ming dynasty foot binding was “associated with an expression of sexuality,” this may have influenced Huang E while writing “To the tune “The Fall of a Little Wild Goose”’ because femininity was stressed, and sexuality was encouraged in women. However, Qiu