▁to ▁the ▁men . ▁However , ▁a ▁country ' s ▁down fall ▁is ▁always ▁bl amed ▁on ▁women . ▁Wil ly - nil ly ▁they ▁have ▁should ered ▁the ▁s ins ▁of ▁man kind ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁three ▁thousand ▁years . ▁Since ▁men ▁are ▁not ▁brought ▁to ▁book ▁and ▁have ▁no ▁sense ▁of ▁shame , ▁they ▁go ▁on ▁sed uc ing ▁women ▁as ▁just ▁as ▁they ▁please , ▁while ▁writers ▁treat ▁such ▁inc idents ▁as ▁rom antic ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁after ▁reading ▁Hen rik ▁Ib sen ' s ▁play ▁A ▁D oll ' s ▁House , ▁Lu ▁X un ▁wrote ▁a ▁continu ation ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁titled ▁" What ▁H app ens ▁after ▁N ora ▁Le aves ▁Home ?" ▁In ▁his ▁own ▁story , ▁Lu ▁X un ▁expl ores ▁what ▁might ▁happen ▁if ▁China ' s ▁own ▁version ▁of ▁N ora ▁left ▁home ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁a ▁very ▁p ess im istic ▁view ▁of ▁N ora ▁and ▁her ▁liber ation . ▁Lu ▁X un ▁propos es ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁unless ▁a ▁struct ural ▁and ▁system ic ▁reform ing ▁has ▁been ▁accomplished , ▁any ▁individual ▁liber ation ▁will ▁eventually ▁end ▁up ▁in ▁mis ery . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁Lu ▁X un ▁published ▁a ▁novel ▁titled ▁The ▁New ▁Year ▁Sac rifice . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁them es ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁is ▁women ' s ▁rights ▁and ▁marriage ▁practices ▁( including ▁arranged ▁mar ri ages ), ▁as ▁he ▁writes , ▁" This ▁poor ▁woman , ▁abandoned ▁by