 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chiratidzo cheshanduko yeChinese chakabuda munguva ine mhirizhonga yemakumi emakore pashure peHondo yeOpium yeBritain muna 1840 uye kupinda kwehurumende kwakazotevera. Nokuda kwevaChina, kudikanwa kwokuva munhu wemazuva ano kunobva mumamiriro ezvinhu okukurumidzira. Ipapo kwakauya Revolution ya1911. Ikoku kunoratidzira migariro yokunyama yenzanga yeChinese uye chiono chendangariro chokutsoropodza chaava vakadzi. Kutanga kwezana ramakore kwakaratidzira nhambo yekusagadzikana kunowedzera nokuda kwavakadzi sezvo sangano ravakadzi rakava nesimba. Vakadzi vomunguva iyi vakatarisana nedambudziko rokuramba pfungwa dzokudzvinyirira dzinobva mupfungwa dzechiConfucius kana kuti kuramba vakavimbika kumhuri yavo nokuchengeta rugare norunyararo. Iyi sangano revanhu rakapesvedzera zvakanaka kutaura kwokunyora panguva iyoyo. Vanyori vechikadzi venguva yacho vakanyora mabasa anoratidza mafungiro echikadzi uye nhau dzakauya neshanduko. Eileen Chang, Lu Yin, Shi Pingmei naDing Ling vakanga vari vanyori vana vevakadzi vane pesvedzero zvikuru. Muma1920 nema1930, Freudian psychoanalysis yakawana kufarirwa nevakadzi vechiChinese vaitsvaga kudzidza hukama hwevakadzi, nokudaro ichiva musoro wevanyori vazhinji vevakadzi mukati mekutanga uye pakati pezana ramakore rechi20. 