Author: Fu Xuan
Cited by
- Suchen Christine Lim (1)
- IN: Gift from the Gods (1990) Fiction, Singaporean
EPIGRAPH: How sad it is to be a woman;
Nothing is held so cheap.
Boys stand strong and firm,
Like gods fallen out of heaven.
No one is glad when a girl is born.
FROM: Hakka Cradle Song ("Woman"), (250), Poem, China