This suggests a certain permissiveness on her father's part, which shows that her parents are not so strict that they would not listen to the earnest pleas of their daughter. Also, after her death the Ma family asks the government to grant her an honorable title.
以祝父這樣願意女兒男裝求學，馬家後來奏請朝廷，封英台為「義婦」的做法，他們所面對的反對者，並非全然不可動之情理的頑強之輩。