1st Edition

Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644

By Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles Copyright 2014
716 Pages
by Routledge

716 Pages
by Routledge

716 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Preface
In Memoriam: Agniezska Dorota Syrokomla-Stefanowska (1936-2008)
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: Tang Through Ming
Glossary of Chinese Names
About the Editors

Biography

Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles