LEADER 04926oam 2200697I 450 001 9910810858803321 005 20240418081440.0 010 $a1-315-70413-7 010 $a1-317-46994-1 010 $a1-317-46993-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315704135 035 $a(CKB)3710000000448960 035 $a(EBL)2125418 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001562190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16205198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001562190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14833383 035 $a(PQKB)10153713 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570000 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11080327 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL813894 035 $a(OCoLC)929511252 035 $a(OCoLC)958109942 035 $a(OCoLC)914166026 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570000 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000448960 100 $a20180706e20152004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGentlemen's prescriptions for women's lives $ea thousand years of biographies of Chinese women /$fSherry J. Mou 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 225 0 $aEast Gate Book 300 $a"An East Gate book." 300 $aFirst published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a0-7656-0867-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Explanatory Notes; Chronology of Early Chinese Dynasties; 1. From The Biographies of Women to the Biographies of Chaste Women; Introduction; Women in the Confucian Tradition; Summary of the Book; 2. Appropriating Women; Introduction; Rectification of the Name; The Formulaic Structure; The Biographies; Conclusion; 3. Subjecting Women to Histories; Introduction; Hou Han shu (History of the Later Han Dynasty [25-220]); Jin shu (History of the Jin Dynasty [265-420]); Conclusion 327 $aIllustrations for Biographies follow page 1124. Reinventing Women; Introduction; Wei shu (History of the Wei Dynasty [386-556]); Sui shu (History of the Sui Dynasty [581-618]); Bei shi (History of the Northern Dynasties [386-581]); Conclusion; 5. Writing Virtues with Their Bodies; Introduction; The Paradigms: Chinese Womanhood of the Tang Dynasty (618-907); Interpreting the Inconsistencies: The Undercurrents in the Biographies; 6. Conclusion: A Biography Tradition That Is Not; Setting Examples: The Paradigm of Motherhood and the Separation of the Imperial and the Common 327 $aThe Reintroduction of Women: Gendering VirtuesOfficial Honoring and Willful Oblivion: The Names of Women; From Signs to Symbols: Writing Chastity with Their Bodies; Toward a Coherent Reading of the Lienu? zhuan Tradition; Appendixes; A.1: The Biographies of Women: Chapter Introductions; A.2: The Biographies of Women: Chapter and Biography Titles; A.3: The Biographies of Women: Biographies by Chapter; B: Dates and Compilers of ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in the First Nineteen Official Histories 327 $aC.1: Introductions (Xu) and Eulogies (Zan) from ""Biographies of Women"": Chapters in the First Nineteen Official HistoriesC.2: Introductions (Xu) and Eulogies (Zan) from ""Biographies of Women"": Chapters in the First Nineteen Official Histories (in Chinese); D: ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in Hou Han shu and Jin shu; E: Comparison Among ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in Wei shu, Sui shu, and Bei shi; F: ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in Wei shu, Sui shu, and Bei shi; G: Comparison Between the Two Tang Histories' ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters 327 $aH: Paradigms, Virtues, and Expressions in the ""Biographies of Women"" Chapters in the Two Tang HistoriesGlossary; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAs far back as the first century BCE, Chinese dynastic historians - all men - began recording the achievements of Chinese women and creating a structure of understanding that would be used to limit and control them. To men, these women became role models for their daughters and wives; to the few literate women readers, they became paradigms for their own behavior. Thus, although these biographies are descriptive by nature, they actually became prescriptive. Gentlemen's Prescriptions for Women's Lives is an enlightening source for studying Chinese women of the Imperial era as well as for unders 606 $aWomen$zChina$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen$zChina$vBiography 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen 676 $a305.42/0951 700 $aMou$b Sherry J.$f1954-,$0688344 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810858803321 996 $aGentlemen's prescriptions for women's lives$91231379 997 $aUNINA