This act boosted their family income and gave Wan’s family the privilege of naming their business the “Royal silk factory” and the single biggest supplier to the central government in the area. The family business traced all the way back to 1005, when Northern Song singed the Treaty of Shanyuan, the government bought 200,000 bolts of silk annually from their family as part of the tribute payment to Liao due to the high quality of Wan’s workshop’s silk. Her father Wan Jin inherited his business from his father. Wan Yi was born into a private weaver workshop owner’s family. Wan Yi was the perfect example that a woman with strong, independent mindset had the right and resources to become successful in the Song Dynasty. However, judging from modern day standards and from the perspective of gender equality, I argue that society in Song Dynasty is definitely more advanced than any other dynasties throughout the history. When it comes to Song, especially the Southern Song, we remember that it is arguably the weakest dynasty in the Chinese history because of the endless battles with Jin Dynasty. All because of its strength and prosperity. People today argue that Tang Dynasty as the biggest and most glorified period in Chinese history.
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