Six Virtues

The Six Virtues is a book published by one of the most prominent philosophers describing what a proper conduct of an ideal wife and a woman should be. It has been the most rewritten and the most recited piece of literature over the centuries and it is also the cornerstone of education for any family who is hoping to arrange a good marriage for their female offspring. It is considered to be as influential as Art of War is for the education of men.   The most recited quality out of this collection is the one that forbids all jealousy and instills benevolence. A proper wife should treat all the other secondary consorts and servants with pure heart and work her hardest to not foster any sort of poison among all of them. The most important thing is to preside over the unity of the family as a collective and in such, no negative feelings can be fostered or else the family will be weak to foreign influence and it will be easier to break its resiliance. All children born to the head of the family should consider the primary wife their mother and she should consider all of them as her children equally and equally distribute favours among all. There can be no favouritism, only love.   Second most hailed virtue is truthfulness. A proper wife should never stoop so low as to tell lies and this is why married women are generally regarded by society as more reliable than spinsters, as married women have sworn to always be turthful to their partners until they are reunited in the heavens above. Married women are also considered to be the best quality witnesses in court proceedings due to this bias.   The third most important quality of all is silent endurance. A wife should be able to go through any burdens unphased. We will break down the remaining three virtues in the subsequent volumes of the commentary.