Sei Shonagon: captious Snob and mean Aristocrat and fun as hell, alas!

At least we do not know if she perished in misery and protracted agony as one of her station with as much bad karma as she must've accrued probably should have. We just don't know. And I, for one, hope that she had even an undeservedly pleasant and dignified end-of-life, because I can't help liking her even when she's wicked; and yes, all right, maybe it's her wickedness in itself that I especially like. I'd have made a great heterosexual. And I approve and applaud Sei Shonagon's (impatient upper class) pushing of people over sideways.