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1 online resource (440 pages) |
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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 |
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Qin Xuan, queen dowager, Warring States periodRu 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 |
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Liu Xijun, Western Han princess who married a king of Wusun, leader of one of the northern minoritiesJie 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 |
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Madam Lu, leader of a peasant uprising, Western Han dynastyEmpress 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; PART III. THE COLLAPSE OF THE HAN, A PERIOD OF DISUNION, AND REVITALIZATION |
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Cai Wenji, poet, Eastern Han dynastyMadam 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; Madam Meng, military aide, Eastern Jin dynasty; Empress Feng, consort of Emperor Wen Chendi, Northern Wei dynasty |
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Madam Liu, mother model, Eastern Jin dynasty |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317463726 |
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1317463722 |
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