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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Traditional Chronology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Shang and Western Zhou (1600-771 B.C.E.) | |
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| Oracle Bone Inscriptions on Women | |
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| The Book of Odes (Shijing) | |
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| The Classic of Changes (Yijing) | |
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| The Canon of Documents (Shujing) | |
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| The Record of Rites (Liji) | |
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| Eastern Zhou (770-221 B.C.E.) | |
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| Analects of Confucius (Lunyu) | |
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| Daodejing | |
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| The Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) | |
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| Discourses of the States (Guoyu) | |
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| The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) | |
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| Nu Gua: From Liezi | |
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| Mozi | |
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| Mencius (Mengzi) | |
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| Zhuangzi | |
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| Xunzi | |
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| Hanfeizi | |
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| The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huangdi neijing) | |
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| The Annals of Lu Buwei (Lushi chunqiu) | |
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| Nine Songs (Jiu ge) Qu Yuan | |
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| Han (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) | |
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| Master Prince of Huainan (Huainanzi) Liu An | |
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| Stratagems of the Warring States (Zhanguoce) | |
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| Biographies of Women (Lienuzhuan) Liu Xiang | |
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| Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn (Chunqiu fanlu) Dong Zhongshu | |
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| Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall (Baihu tong) | |
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| Lessons for Women (Nujie) Ban Zhao | |
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| A General Discussion of Customs (Fengsu tongyi) Ying Shao | |
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| Classic of the White Girl, or the Art of the Bedchamber (Sunujing) | |
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| Wei, Jin, Nan-Bei Chao (220-581 C.E.) | |
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| In Search of the Supernatural (Soushenji) Gan Bao | |
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| A New Account of Tales of the World (Shishuo xinyu) Liu Yiqing | |
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| New Songs from a Jade Terrace (Yutai xinyong) Xu Ling | |
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| Family Instructions to the Yan Clan (Yanshi jiaxun) Yan Zhitui | |
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| The Ballad of Mulan (Mulan ci) | |
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| Women in the Standard Histories (Shishu) | |
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| Tang and Song (618-1279 C.E.) | |
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| The Forty-Two Chapters Sutra (Sishierzhang jing) | |
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| The Sutra of the Teaching of Vimalakirti (Weimojie Jing) | |
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| The Story of Dragon King's Daughter: From the Devadatta Chapter of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofalianhua jing) | |
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| Guanyin Chapter of the Lotus Sutra (Guanyin pin) | |
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| The Blood Tray Sutra (Xuepen jing) | |
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| Dunhuang Prayers (Dunhuang yuanwen) | |
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| Tang Epitaphs for Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist Women (Muzhiming) | |
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| Reflections on Things at Hand (Jinsi lu) and Further Reflections on Things at Hand (Xu Jinsi lu) Zhu Xi | |
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| The Analects for Women (Nu lunyu) Song Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao | |
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| Examination Essays (Panbacui) Bo Juyi | |
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| The Daoist Goddess, Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu): From Assembled Transcendents of the Fortified Walled City (Yongcheng jixian lu) Du Guangting | |
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| The Daoist Saint Xue Xuantong: From Assembled Transcendents of the Fortified Walled City (Yongcheng jixian lu) Du Guangting | |
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| The Book of Filial Piety (Xiaojing) and The Book of Filial Piety for Women (Nu xiaojing) | |
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| The Story of Yingying (Yingying Zhuan) Yuan Zhen | |
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| The Story of Miss Li (Li Wa Zhuan) Bo Xingjian | |
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| Precepts for Family Life (Jiafan) Sima Guang | |
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| Tang Poems for My Beloved Wife (Sanqian beihuai) Yuan Zhen | |
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| Song of Lasting Regret (Changhen ge) Bo Juyi | |
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| Song Poems for Daughters | |
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| The Ci of Shuyu (Shuyuci) Li Qingzhao | |
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| Classic for Girls (Nuerjing) | |
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| Suggested Readings | |