 While it is interesting and unique in the history of this period to see women associated with scholarship as these two famous women of the Ban family, the virtues of women according to these texts were very different than those of men in most roles, with perhaps the exception of the role of subordinate to ruler. It is also important to note that, while the responsibilities of women, according to texts like the Nujie, tends to be other-directed in nature, most of the responsibilities of men share these features as well. One has the responsibility to subordinate oneself to people such as parents, superiors in society, and the ruler, whether man or woman. The end goal of this is both social harmony and a good name, in terms of contribution to overall harmony (Nüjie 7, Pang-White [trans.] 2018: 64).