Ok, so the little girl got a pasting by the ugly stick.
Her best revenge is to become someone famous. Study, use her brain, never get surgery, and just be the woman to which God handed life.
There are scads of Chinese literature on matters similar to this, that date back thousands of years. I know, I had to read mountains of them in undergrad. Though I can’t put my finger on it now, there is an ancient Chinese tale about just such a thing. The woman grew to be famous, although never really physically attractive, she was sought after by famous men. Her father fell into disrepute and became destitute, she took pity on him and “let” him be her house servant. A position he gladly accepted.
I’ll look through the mountains of Chinese lit in the book case. I’ll find it in about 5 years or so.
I hear you. My historical reading is mostly latin and english military and technical stuff from the 1400s to early 1900s.
Lots of logistics lists. Lots of them.
It's in the stack, somewhere.
I don't read any literature from that era outside of Canterbury tales and Bill's plays, and a few poems, and Kipling.
/johnny