Biographical dictionary of Chinese women : antiquity through Sui, 1600 B.C.E.-618 C.E. / editors-in-chief, Lily Xiao Hong Lee and A.D. Stefanowska ; assistant editor-in-chief, Sue Wiles ; coordinators, Elizabeth Childs-Johnson [and others]
Preface -- Editors' note -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Chinese words used -- Contributors -- Translators -- Chronology of dynasties and major rulers -- Finding list by background or fields of endeavor -- Biographies -- Antiquity through Zhou -- Qin through Han -- Three Kingdoms through Sui -- Glossary of Chinese names
Summary
Spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century to recover the stories of numerous women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. Covers the lives of women who have been previously excluded from historical studies and reference works
