Format:
Online-Ressource (385 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780231163095
Series Statement:
Translations from the Asian Classics
Content:
When should a woman disobey her father, contradict her husband, or shape the policy of a ruler? According to the Lienü zhuan, or Categorized Biographies of Women, it is not only appropriate but necessary for women to offer counsel when fathers, husbands, sons, and rulers stray from virtue. The earliest Chinese text devoted to the moral education of women, the Lienü zhuan was compiled by Liu Xiang (79?8 B.C.E.) at the end of the Han dynasty (202 B.C.E.?9 C.E.) and recounts the deeds of both virtuous and wicked women. Informed by early legends, fictionalized historical accounts, and formal speec
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Description based upon print version of record
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Table of 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. Supplemental Biographies; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231536080
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231163095
Additional Edition:
Print version Exemplary Women of Early China : The Lienü zhuan of Liu Xiang
Language:
English
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