Title Sharing the light : representations of women and virtue in early China / Lisa Raphals

Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 348 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. Contents Introduction: Gender and Virtue 1 -- 1. Women As Agents of Virtue and Destruction 11 -- 2. Women As Prescient Counselors 27 -- 3. Demonic Beauties and Usurpatious Regents 61 -- 4. The Textual Matrix of the Lienu zhuan 87 -- 5. Talents Transformed in Ming Editions 113 -- 6. Yin and Yang 139 -- 7. Yin-Yang in Medical Texts 169 -- 8. Nei-wai: Distinctions between Men and Women 195 -- 9. Nei-wai in Ritual Texts and Social Practice 215 -- 10. Instruction Texts 235 Summary Explores historical and philosophical shifts in the depiction of women and virtue in the early years of the Chinese state. Includes an examination of the history of yin-yang theories Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index Notes Print version record Subject Liu, Xiang, 77 B.C.-6 B.C. Lie nü zhuan SUBJECT Lie nü zhuan (Liu, Xiang) fast Subject Women -- China -- History Women -- China -- Conduct of life Women -- China -- Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Han Dynasty (China) Women Women -- Conduct of life Women -- Social conditions SUBJECT China -- History -- Warring States, 403-221 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024038 China -- History -- Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024043 Subject China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 97043324 ISBN 0585059454 9780585059457 9781438416892 143841689X

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