ISBN:
9780765605047
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (440 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Bennett Peterson, Barbara Notable Women of China : Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century
DDC:
305.4092251
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editorial Board -- Advisory Board -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Dynasties -- Illustrations -- PART I. ANCIENT CHINESE CIVILIZATION: AN ORIENTATION TO THE XIA, SHANG, AND ZHOU DYNASTIES -- Fu Hao, earliest female general, Shang dynasty -- Xu Mu, poet, Spring and Autumn period -- Qi Jiang, politician, Spring and Autumn period (Eastern Zhou dynasty) -- Zhuang Fanji, queen, Spring and Autumn period -- Xi Shi, beauty, Spring and Autumn period -- Mother Meng, mother of Mencius, Warring States period
Abstract:
Qin Xuan, queen dowager, Warring States period -- Ru Ji, political aide, Warring States period -- PART II. THE DECLINE OF THE ZHOU, THE PERIOD OF THE WARRING STATES, AND THE FORMATION OF THE QIN AND HAN DYNASTIES -- Lu Zhi, first wife of founder of the Western Han dynasty -- Yu Ji, beauty, Han dynasty -- Empress Dowager Dou, wife of Emperor Xiaowen, Han dynasty -- Chunyu Tiying, heroine, Western Han dynasty -- Zhuo Wenjun, poet, Western Han dynasty -- Queen Wei, wife and consort to Emperor Wudi, Western Han dynasty -- Queen Xiaowu, court dancer and wife of Emperor Wudi, Western Han dynasty
Abstract:
Liu Xijun, Western Han princess who married a king of Wusun, leader of one of the northern minorities -- Jie You, princess, diplomat/ambassador, married to king of Wusun, Western Han dynasty -- Feng Liao, diplomat and ambassador, Han dynasty -- Wang Wengxu, court dancer and mother of Emperor Xuandi, Western Han dynasty -- Wang Zhengjun, wife of Emperor Yuandi, Western Han dynasty -- Ban Jieyu, poet, Western Han dynasty -- Huan Shaojun, mother model, Western and Eastern Han dynasties -- Zhao Feiyan, court dancer, later Empress Xiaocheng, Western Han dynasty
Abstract:
Madam Lu, leader of a peasant uprising, Western Han dynasty -- Empress Yin, empress of the first Eastern Han emperor -- Queen Ma, queen-consort of Emperor Ming, Eastern Han dynasty -- Ban Zhao, China's first female historian, Eastern Han dynasty -- Empress Dowager Dou, wife of Emperor Zhang, Eastern Han dynasty -- Xu Shu, poet, Eastern Han dynasty -- Meng Guang, Confucian model wife, Eastern Han dynasty -- Empress Deng, wife of Emperor Liu Zhao, Eastern Han dynasty -- Empress Yan, wife of Emperor An, Eastern Han dynasty
Abstract:
PART III. THE COLLAPSE OF THE HAN, A PERIOD OF DISUNION, AND REVITALIZATION -- Cai Wenji, poet, Eastern Han dynasty -- Madam Sun, wife of Liu Bei, Three Kingdoms period -- Xing Xianying, moral exemplar, Three Kingdoms period -- Madam Yuan, wife of Xu Yun, Three Kingdoms period -- Zuo Fen, writer, Three Kingdoms period -- Lady Song, scholar, Three Kingdoms period -- Xie Daoyun, poet, Eastern Jin dynasty -- Madam Han, military adviser, Eastern Jin dynasty -- Su Hui, poet, Eastern Jin dynasty -- Empress Yi, empress of Li Xuansheng, Sixteen Kingdoms period
Abstract:
Madam Meng, military aide, Eastern Jin dynasty
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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