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magistrate Byon Satdo sets eyes on Chun Hyang, the term undying love takes on special
meaning: she has to choose between Mong Yong and life.
In Confucian society, one essential principle was the proper relationship between husband
and wife, but which extends to all men and women: Woman is subject to man. Chun Hyang
honored her commitment to her husband at the risk of her life. Another Confucian principle here
is the one that defined the proper relationship between ruler and the ruled. Of course, the subject
is supposed to be loyal and obedient to the ruler. But there is another side to this principle: the
superior also has an obligation to care for the inferior. One aristocrat in this story violates this
obligation.
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