In the patriarchal society with deep-rooted feudalism in China, women only play two roles: a good wife and a good mother. As women, they are isolated from the outside world by social barriers. Their social circle is very narrow, that is, around the tomb of so-called marriage, and family is a career that women have worked hard all their lives. At that time, the responsibility of women in society was to manage their own families, respect and filial piety their elders, look after children, manage servants and housework. They have no source of income and can only rely on the male host at home. It is precisely for this reason that in the eyes of traditional women, the husband is the core of their whole life and spirit. As for China, the traditional life style of husband and wife, it is also vividly reflected in Clouds in Beijing. In a patriarchal society, virtuous and sensible women should obey their husbands at home, think twice before doing things and think for men in everything. If it is not handled properly, it will be labeled as disobedient, obedient and virtuous. Although women are better at handling business disputes than men, they are still men.

Mrs Yao is such a unique woman. Everything she does is to maintain the ethics of a patriarchal society, which is embodied in asking her daughter to bind her feet, observe three obedience and four virtues, and dote on her son. At that time, a pair of little feet was also a sign to measure the beauty of women. In everyone's opinion, a woman's feet are not beautiful and perfect, no matter whether they are big or thin, so a woman with a pair of small feet is more complete. "The beauty of little feet, in addition to the harmony and symmetry of lines, mainly lies in a' positive' word." Therefore, as an old ethical code, Mrs Yao asked her daughter to bind her feet. Secondly, as a woman, be obedient and virtuous. She is strict with her daughters by teaching them the traditional Confucian education she received from childhood. Although the daughters are born in wealthy families, they will get married when they grow up, so she requires them to be thrifty, virtuous, obedient, dignified and sensible, be good at managing housework, educate children and learn to cook and cut vegetables. In addition, they also need to learn social etiquette, such as how to give gifts and return gifts, remember the names of various solar terms, and how to organize weddings and funerals. As mothers, the argument between Yao's sisters and Kong Lifu about calligraphy in Xishan is considered as a reflection of women's uneducated and uncivilized. Because of this, they were severely criticized by Mrs Yao. Perhaps in Mrs Yao's eyes, their practices did not conform to the ethics that women should abide by at that time. Moreover, as a woman, arguing with a man in public will hurt their Yao family's face to some extent. More appropriately, it will make your man Yao Sian lose face. It can be seen that Mrs Yao's feudal thoughts are still deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

? Mrs Yao dotes on and indulges her son very much. Mrs Yao's family can be regarded as middle class. However, Mrs Yao can't read, especially after giving birth to Tijen, Yao's parents, and she doesn't know how to educate her son. Tijen was out of control when he was a child, and even allowed Tijen to hit the maid in front of himself and allow his son to run around the streets of the city on a fierce horse. Tijen doesn't care about following the rules at all. Eating at a friend's house is like playing with a maid before eating at home. Mrs Yao thinks Tijen is a boy and the eldest son of the family. He will inherit the family property in the future, and the family incense will continue on him, which will eventually lead to the unruly hope in her heart. These things are inseparable from the feudal ethics she accepted from childhood.

? Family background and feudal superstition are also vividly displayed in Mrs Yao. Yao Tiren, the eldest son of a rich family, and Silverscreen, who came from humble origins, sparked a love affair. What happened must have escaped Mrs Yao's eyes. For the first time, Mrs Yao stood out against her son's love for Silverscreen. Because Silverscreen is a servant girl, she is not worthy of Tijen's noble status, and their love does not exist. In her mind, her son should find a woman with equal status who is obedient and virtuous, so that their family will not lose face, and as a long-term daughter-in-law, they can return to their old jobs. On the contrary, Tijen and Silverscreen died. Mrs Yao heard that a fairy with a top fragrance came to her in a carriage, and the fairy attracted a fairy from Silverscreen to tell her something. After that, Mrs Yao became more pious, invited a nun to chant Buddhist scriptures and went to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha herself. Perhaps he was praying for Silverscreen's forgiveness, or he was praising his reincarnation.

? In fact, to a certain extent, Mrs Yao was also the object of feudal persecution. Her life is centered on her family, husband and children, that is, she lives a life of singing and dealing with affairs. She didn't have her own time and life, and spent her life in the shadow of feudal ethical women.