Jung believed that myths and dreams were expressions of the collective unconscious, in that they express core ideas that are part of the human species as a whole. In other words, myths express wisdom that has been encoded in all humans, perhaps by means of evolution or through some spiritual process.
Ji-Li's aunt- humiliated by Red Guards because she refused to let children pick her mulberry leaves. Aunt Xi-Wen had to paste a da-zi-bao to her front door saying terrible things about her.