LEADER 03950nam 2200733 450 001 9910821158503321 005 20230808192512.0 010 $a1-4422-5502-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000636005 035 $a(EBL)4503407 035 $a(OCoLC)938708640 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001646848 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16417157 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646848 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14902032 035 $a(PQKB)10516411 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16325211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14902508 035 $a(PQKB)22469845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4503407 035 $a(DLC) 2016006597 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000636005 100 $a20160205d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCelestial women $eimperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing /$fKeith McMahon 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-5381-4143-4 311 $a1-4422-5501-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: After Wu Zetian -- Part 1. The Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, 960-1368 -- The Song dynasty -- The Jin and Yuan dynasties, 1115-1368 -- Part 2. The Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- From founder to 1505 -- Three intemperate rulers, 1506-1572 -- The last Ming emperors, 1573-1644 -- Conclusion: Giving reign to imperial will -- Part 3. The Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 -- The founding of the Qing, 1636-1722 -- From Yongzheng to Xianfeng (1722-1861) -- Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) -- Conclusion: The lack of good sons -- Conclusion to part 3 -- Appendix. 330 2 $a"This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether as mothers, wives, or go-betweens in the emperor's relations with others in the palace. Although restrictions on women's participation in politics increased dramatically after Empress Wu in the Tang, the author follows the strong and active women, of both high and low rank, who continued to appear. They counseled emperors, ghostwrote for them, oversaw succession when they died, and dominated them when they were weak. They influenced the emperor's relationships with other women and enhanced their aura and that of the royal house with their acts of artistic and religious patronage. Dynastic history ended in China when the prohibition that women should not rule was defied for the final time by Dowager Cixi, the last great monarch before China's transformation into a republic"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aEmperors' spouses$zChina$xHistory 606 $aMistresses$zChina$xHistory 606 $aPolygamy$xPolitical aspects$zChina$xHistory 606 $aConcubinage$zChina$xHistory 606 $aEmperors' spouses$zChina$vBiography 606 $aMistresses$zChina$vBiography 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zChina$xHistory 606 $aSex role$zChina$xHistory 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y960-1644 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1644-1912 615 0$aEmperors' spouses$xHistory. 615 0$aMistresses$xHistory. 615 0$aPolygamy$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aConcubinage$xHistory. 615 0$aEmperors' spouses 615 0$aMistresses 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity$xHistory. 615 0$aSex role$xHistory. 676 $a951.009/9 700 $aMcMahon$b Keith$0640014 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821158503321 996 $aCelestial women$94119781 997 $aUNINA