Therefore, in 'A theory of wives and concubines' he insisted that husband and wife should be always equal, patriarchal authority was against civilization and that women had a role as a wife, a key person in a family, and a mother who was in charge of education, which should be respected.
それ故「妻妾論」では夫婦は必ず平等であるべきであって、家父長専制は文明に悖る、女性には家庭内の要である妻としての役割、教育を担う母としての役割があって、それを尊重すべきとした。