"This volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women completes the four-volume project and contains more than 400 biographies of women active in the Tang through Ming dynasties (618-1644). Many of the entries are the result of original research and provide the only substantial information on women available in English. Of note is the inclusion of a large number of women who reached positions of authori ..."
"This is the story of the women who took part in the Long March, seen through the biographies of three key players. Lee and Wiles trace the women's stories in three time periods: the Long March itself, a decade later at liberation and then forty years on. Drawing on published and unpublished sources, including interviews, this is the moving story of one of the great events of 20th century history."
"This new volume of the "Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women" spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. The contributors have sifted carefully through the available sources, from the oracle bones to the earliest legends, from Liu Xiang's didactic Biographies to official and unofficial histories, for glimpses and ins ..."
"In 1378, at the age of fourteen, the princesshad married Mei Yin (d. 1405),the
regional commander (zongbingguari) of Huai'an (in presentday Jiangsu Province
) and anephew of the Marquis of Runan, Mei Sizu (d. 1382). Mei Yin
wasstrategically gifted and a skilled archer, and EmperorTaizu secretly entrusted
him with the task of assisting and protectinghis grandson andheir apparent, Zhu
Yunwen. Inmid1399, ayear after his nephew ascended ..."
"This new volume of the "Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women" spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. The contributors have sifted carefully through the available sources, from the oracle bones to the earliest legends, from Liu Xiang's didactic Biographies to official and unofficial histories, for glimpses and ins ..."
"Alluding to poets well known in Chinese literary circles, the artist Shen Zengzhi (
1850–1922) commented: “Li Yi'an [Li Qingzhao], natural and free, with her spirit
of a man, is really a Su [Shi] and a Xin [Qiji] in the women's chambers rather than
a ... a Liu [Yong].” The spontaneous overflow of emotions and a strong personal
rhetoric endowed her poetry with a special power and distinctive voice, which
was further complemented by a ..."
"Despite Zhu Wen's explosive temper, he respected her to the extent that he was
even a little afraid of her because of her powers of perception; she was so often
correct that he would seek her opinion on major military matters. On one
occasion, Zhu Wen ... Zhang burst into tears. “If we cannot defend Bian Prefecture
[the present-day city of Kaifeng],” she told him, “I will suffer the same fate [as Zhu
Jin's ... LIU Ning Translated b ..."
"This is the story of the women who took part in the Long March, seen through the biographies of three key players. Lee and Wiles trace the women's stories in three time periods: the Long March itself, a decade later at liberation and then forty years on. Drawing on published and unpublished sources, including interviews, this is the moving story of one of the great events of 20th century history."
"This is the story of the women who took part in the Long March, seen through the biographies of three key players. Lee and Wiles trace the women's stories in three time periods: the Long March itself, a decade later at liberation and then forty years on. Drawing on published and unpublished sources, including interviews, this is the moving story of one of the great events of 20th century history."