Challenging Channeling the Inner Feminist

Although llankhof makes some good points I would like to clarify some things and defend Chunhyang as an independent female hero.
First off the "independent woman is not one who just has power, but also knows how to deal with that power and with her own emotions as well" is a tall order to ask of any woman at all times let alone a fourteen year old.
Could it be that Chunhyang, like you pointed out is only fourteen years old and does have the emotional issues of most fourteen year old girls. She is a wonderful role model for younger girls because of her wit and how she stands up for what she believes in. It is true that she is a bit immature with her emotions, but that makes her more relateable to a young girl. The point made about her physical ability is, I believe, shed under the wrong light. In the first chapter of the manga it shows a girl who took revenge by killing the man (the yang ban) responsible for her mother's death. Later on in the manga it shows her as a young child fighting with imperial guards for freedom (of using a playground, but it is freedom nonetheless). This girl is an independent girl who is out traveling, has power, and has some emotional issues but is strong and consistent in her beliefs and morals.
The Yang ban woman that took over a town with the help of her Mudang is not very strong physically. While this is true, the Yang ban has emotional control over her Mudang which I'm assuming is her lover as well as her personal warrior. I do not agree with taking complete control over a man, but the yang ban manages to do exactly that. She is not independent in the sense that she can do it all on her own, but she takes control and does what she needs to do. She's a woman in control. She not only has great control over her own emotions but the emotions of a man who does her ever will. (Besides the points made before, I feel like this whole issue of the female Yang ban not being an independent woman, as defined by llankhof, does not really matter because she is the villain and not the hero or role model to be followed.)
ChunHyang's mother is least emotionally weak of all. It is true that she kills herself, but that is not because she could not defend herself from the Yang ban, but because it was the last thing she could do to preserve her beliefs and the safety of others.
The manga Legend of Chung Hyang portrays multiple women who are independent both physically and emotionally who are perfect role models for the girls reading the mangas.