Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture Writings from the Pre-Qin Period Through Song Dynasty

This rich collection of writings -- many translated especially for this volume and some available in English for the first time -- provides a journey through the history of Chinese culture, tracing the Chinese understanding of women as elucidated in writings spanning more than two thousand years. From the earliest oracle bone inscriptions of the Pre-Qin period through the poems and stories of the Song Dynasty, these works shed light on Chinese images of women and their roles in society in terms of such topics as human nature, cosmology, gender, and virtue.Wang, Robin is the author of 'Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture Writings from the Pre-Qin Period Through Song Dynasty' with ISBN 9780872206526 and ISBN 0872206521.