A nobleman to his daughter: "Seize the broom; be diligent with sweeping. Do not neglect the offering of incense." "When it is so, when you have made preparations, what will you do? What will you seize on as your woman's work? Perhaps the drink, the grinding stone? Perhaps the spindle whorl, the weaving sword?" "Apply yourself well to the woman's task, the spindle whorl, the weaving sword. Open your eyes to the way to be an artisan, to be a feather worker; to make designs by embroidering, to judge colors, to apply colors to please your sisters, your ladies, the noblewomen. Look with diligence; apply yourself to learn how the heddles are provided; how leashes are provided, how the pattern is placed." "It is as if you were to be of the eagle warriors, of the ocelot warriors. Well should you assume your shield; may all the little shields rest in your hand."