Exemplary Women of Early China : : The Lienü zhuan of Liu Xiang.
In early China, was it correct for a woman to disobey her father, contradict her husband, or shape the public policy of a son who ruled over a dynasty or state? According to the Lienü zhuan, or Categorized Biographies of Women, it was not only appropriate but necessary for women to step in with wise...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Translations from the Asian Classics
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) : |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chronology
- 1. The Maternal Models
- 2. The Worthy and Enlightened
- 3. The Sympathetic and Wise
- 4. The Chaste and Compliant
- 5. The Principled and Righteous
- 6. The Accomplished Rhetoricians
- 7. The Depraved and Favored
- 8. Supplementary Biographies
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Backmatter