Empress Wu Zetian in fiction and in history

Dien, Dora Shu-fang.

Empress Wu Zetian in fiction and in history female defiance in Confucian China / [electronic resource] : Dora Shu-fang Dien. - New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2003. - xii, 109 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-105) and index.

The ideological backdrop -- Destinies of the flowers in the mirror -- Li Ruzhen's commentary on Chinese society -- The rise and fall of the historical Empress Wu -- Empress Wu's achievements -- Gender distinctions in traditional China -- Defiant women in legend and fiction -- Overcoming the legacy of Confucianism: urban educated women today.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Wu hou, Empress of China, 624-705.


Empresses--China--Biography.
Women--History.--China
Sex role--History.--China


Electronic books.

DS749.42.W8 / D54 2003eb

951/.017/092 B