Liu Shaotang, a contemporary pastoral writer, changed the weak and submissive erected of women in traditional Chinese literature, with his pen, a series of chivalrous images. This is typically manifested in his post - cultural - revolution novellas. According to the writer＇s different emphasis on different characters, chivalrous conduct falls into two categories： one is on love and the other is on knighthood. While these ＂female knights - errant＂ all suggest Liu＇s great solicitude on women and thus this national chivalry i...
