"The five worst infirmities that afflict the female are indocility, discontent, slander, jealousy, and silliness."
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Onna Daigaku (c. 1729) sec. 6. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Women and Wisdom of Japan (London: John Murray, 1905)
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Kaibara Ekken
Kaibara Ekken (貝原 益軒; December 17, 1630 – October 5, 1714) or Ekiken, also known as Atsunobu (篤信), was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist.
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