ABSTRACT

The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, this reference is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by a team of over 60 China scholars from around the world. Compiled from a wide array of original sources, these detailed biographies present the lives, work, and significance of more than 200 Chinese women from many different backgrounds and areas of interest.

part |374 pages

Biographies

letter |2 pages

A

entry |1 pages

Achoi

entry |1 pages

Achoy

entry |2 pages

Ah Toy

entry |1 pages

Atoy

entry |1 pages

Attoy

letter |7 pages

B

entry |1 pages

Bainiu

entry |2 pages

Bao Yunzhen

entry |2 pages

Bemis, Polly

entry |4 pages

Bi Xiugu

entry |1 pages

Bingru

entry |2 pages

Bong, Mary

letter |18 pages

C

entry |2 pages

Cai Han

entry |3 pages

Cai Wan

entry |1 pages

Caixia

entry |1 pages

Cao Menglan

entry |2 pages

Cao Zhenxiu

entry |3 pages

Chai Jingyi

entry |3 pages

Chen Duansheng

entry |3 pages

Chen Shu

entry |3 pages

Chen Xiefen

entry |4 pages

Chen Yuanyuan

entry |2 pages

Cheng Huiying

entry |1 pages

China Mary

letter |8 pages

D

entry |2 pages

Dai Yunyu

entry |1 pages

DerLing, Princess

entry |2 pages

Ding Yan

entry |2 pages

Ding Yu

entry |1 pages

Ding Yu

entry |1 pages

Dong Bai

entry |1 pages

Dong E Fei

entry |5 pages

Dong Xiaowan

letter |12 pages

F

entry |4 pages

Fang Junying

entry |3 pages

Fang Wanyi

entry |2 pages

Feng Xian

entry |2 pages

Fok Hing Tong

entry |1 pages

Fu Caiyun

entry |3 pages

Fu Shanxiang

letter |15 pages

G

entry |2 pages

Gao Fangyun

entry |2 pages

Gao Jingfang

entry |2 pages

Gu Erniang

entry |5 pages

Gu Mei

entry |1 pages

Gu Qingniang

entry |1 pages

Gu Qinniang

entry |4 pages

Gu Taiqing

entry |5 pages

Guo Yun

letter |30 pages

H

entry |3 pages

He Jingying

entry |4 pages

He Shuangqing

entry |1 pages

Ho Cheung Ching Yung

entry |1 pages

Ho Cheung Lin-kok

entry |5 pages

Ho Tung Clara, Lady

entry |3 pages

Ho Tung Margaret, Lady

entry |3 pages

Hong Xuanjiao

entry |4 pages

Hou Zhi

entry |2 pages

Hu Baoyu

entry |2 pages

Hu Jiumei

entry |1 pages

Hü King Eng

entry |2 pages

Hu Lianxian

entry |1 pages

Huang Jingyi

entry |3 pages

Huang Jinyu

entry |2 pages

Huang Lü

entry |4 pages

Huang Yuanjie

entry |1 pages

Hui Xin

entry |2 pages

Huixian

entry |3 pages

Huixing

entry |1 pages

Huo Qingtang

letter |14 pages

J

entry |3 pages

Jiang Hui

entry |1 pages

Jiang Lanling

entry |1 pages

Jiang Lixiang

entry |4 pages

Jiang Shufang

entry |2 pages

Jin Xiaobao

entry |3 pages

Jin Yamei

entry |3 pages

Jin Yi

entry |2 pages

Jin Yue

entry |1 pages

Jin Yunmei

entry |2 pages

Jinglian

entry |1 pages

Jiyu

entry |2 pages

Ju Qing

letter |8 pages

K

entry |1 pages

Kaln, Ida

entry |4 pages

Kang Cheng

entry |1 pages

King, Y. May

entry |2 pages

Kong Sizhen, Princess

entry |2 pages

Kong Tai Heong

entry |2 pages

Kong Zhaohui

letter |47 pages

L

entry |1 pages

Lalu Nathoy

entry |3 pages

Leng Yujuan

entry |2 pages

Li Changxia

entry |3 pages

Li Huixian

entry |3 pages

Li Pingxiang

entry |1 pages

Li Qiaoling

entry |1 pages

Li Qinghui

entry |3 pages

Li Run

entry |2 pages

Li Sai'er

entry |2 pages

Li Sansan

entry |5 pages

Li Wanfang

entry |2 pages

Li Yin

entry |1 pages

Lian

entry |2 pages

Liang Desheng

entry |2 pages

Liang Duan

entry |1 pages

Liang Yadi

entry |3 pages

Liang Ying

entry |1 pages

Lianshi

entry |2 pages

Lin Daiyu

entry |3 pages

Lin Hei'er

entry |3 pages

Lin Puqing

entry |2 pages

Lin Yining

entry |4 pages

Liu Qingxia

entry |4 pages

Liu Qingyun

entry |1 pages

Liu Rushi

entry |4 pages

Liu Sanxiu

entry |4 pages

Liu Shi

entry |2 pages

Liu Wenru

entry |1 pages

Liu Yin

entry |1 pages

Liu Yinwen

entry |1 pages

Lu Lanfen

entry |2 pages

Lu Yuansu

entry |1 pages

Luo Peixiang

entry |3 pages

Luo Qilan

letter |5 pages

M

entry |1 pages

Ma Qingxia

entry |2 pages

Ma Quan

entry |1 pages

Mak Sau Ying, Margaret

entry |3 pages

Mao Guoji

entry |2 pages

Miao Jiahui

entry |1 pages

Moy Afong

letter |9 pages

N

entry |3 pages

Naxunlanbao

entry |3 pages

Ng Akew

entry |5 pages

Ni Ruixuan

letter |4 pages

P

entry |4 pages

Pan Suxin

letter |12 pages

Q

entry |1 pages

Qi Er Guafu

entry |1 pages

Qi Wangshi

entry |2 pages

Qian Fenglun

entry |2 pages

Qian Juying

entry |3 pages

Qian Yi

entry |1 pages

Qinglou

entry |2 pages

Qiu Ersao

entry |4 pages

Qiu Jin

entry |3 pages

Qiu Xinru

entry |2 pages

Qiu Yufang

letter |3 pages

R

entry |3 pages

Ren Xia

entry |1 pages

Renjian Yezhe

letter |20 pages

S

entry |3 pages

Sai Jinhua

entry |1 pages

Sangu

entry |1 pages

Schulze, Tye Leung

entry |2 pages

Seise, Maria

entry |4 pages

Shan Shili

entry |2 pages

Shen Shanbao

entry |3 pages

Shen Shou

entry |1 pages

Shen Yunzhi

entry |4 pages

Shi Meiyu

entry |1 pages

Shi Xianggu

entry |1 pages

Shi Yang

entry |1 pages

Shuangqing

entry |3 pages

Song Mingqiong

entry |1 pages

Stone, Mary

entry |3 pages

Su Sanniang

entry |3 pages

Sumala Gu (Aunt Sumala)

letter |6 pages

T

entry |2 pages

Tang Su

entry |4 pages

Tao Zhenhuai

entry |2 pages

Tape, Mary

letter |34 pages

W

entry |3 pages

Wang, Empress Dowager, of late Ming

entry |4 pages

Wang Cong'er

entry |6 pages

Wang Duan

entry |4 pages

Wang Duanshu

entry |2 pages

Wang Lanxiu

entry |1 pages

Wang Lian

entry |2 pages

Wang Nangxian

entry |2 pages

Wang Qinghan

entry |3 pages

Wang Xiaoyu

entry |2 pages

Wang Ying

entry |1 pages

Wang Yuexian

entry |3 pages

Wang Yun

entry |4 pages

Wang Zhaoyuan

entry |3 pages

Wang Zhenyi

entry |1 pages

Wu Ajiao

entry |2 pages

Wu Qi

entry |2 pages

Wu Shujuan

entry |3 pages

Wu Zao

entry |4 pages

Wu Zhiying

entry |1 pages

Wuge

letter |20 pages

X

entry |3 pages

Xi Peilan

entry |2 pages

Xia Yilan

entry |2 pages

Xiang Jianzhang

entry |1 pages

Xiao Baicai

entry |3 pages

Xiao Daoguan

entry |1 pages

Xiao Sanniang

entry |1 pages

Xilin Chun

entry |2 pages

Xin Si

entry |1 pages

Xingfen (1853–1932)

entry |3 pages

Xingfen

entry |4 pages

Xu Can

entry |2 pages

Xu Fan

entry |1 pages

Xu Mei

entry |2 pages

Xu Zhaohua

entry |1 pages

Xu Zhizhu

entry |4 pages

Xu Zihua

entry |2 pages

Xue Shaohui

letter |28 pages

Y

entry |1 pages

Y May King

entry |4 pages

Yan Bin

entry |1 pages

Yang Ai

entry |1 pages

Yang Xuanjiao

entry |1 pages

Yang Yun

entry |1 pages

Yang Zhao

entry |1 pages

Yang Zhaoyun

entry |2 pages

Yao Fenghui

entry |2 pages

Ye Wanyi

entry |5 pages

Yu Deling

entry |3 pages

Yu Rongling

entry |1 pages

Yu Roon Ling

entry |3 pages

Yuan Ji

entry |2 pages

Yuan Jia

entry |2 pages

Yuan Shou

entry |3 pages

Yuan Tang

entry |2 pages

Yuan Yunxian

entry |3 pages

Yuan Zhu

entry |3 pages

Yun Bing

entry |2 pages

Yun Huaiying

entry |5 pages

Yun Zhu

letter |43 pages

Z

entry |3 pages

Zeng Jifen

entry |2 pages

Zeng Yan

entry |2 pages

Zeng Yi

entry |1 pages

Zhang Guanying

entry |5 pages

Zhang Hanying

entry |3 pages

Zhang Lingyi

entry |3 pages

Zhang Lunying

entry |3 pages

Zhang Qieying

entry |1 pages

Zhang Shuyu

entry |3 pages

Zhang Wanying

entry |5 pages

Zhang Wanyu

entry |2 pages

Zhang Xiurong

entry |1 pages

Zhang Yuegui

entry |3 pages

Zhang Yuqiao

entry |2 pages

Zhang Yuzhen

entry |4 pages

Zhang Zhujun

entry |1 pages

Zhao Qia, Mrs.

entry |2 pages

Zhao Wope

entry |4 pages

Zheng Shuqing

entry |1 pages

Zheng Suqin

entry |3 pages

Zheng Yi Sao (Zheng Yi's Wife)

entry |3 pages

Zhou Xiuying

entry |2 pages

Zhu Meiyao

entry |1 pages

Zhu Sulan

entry |3 pages

Zhuang Panzhu

entry |1 pages

Ziying

entry |2 pages

Zuo Xijia

entry |2 pages

Zuo Xixuan

letter |49 pages

Biographies of Consorts

entry |3 pages

Empress Xiao Ci Gao of the Nara clan

entry |4 pages

Dafei of the Nara clan

entry |3 pages

Jifei of the Fuca clan

entry |3 pages

Empress Xiao Duan Wen of the Borjigit clan

entry |2 pages

Minhui Gonghe Yuanfei of the Borjigit clan

entry |4 pages

Empress Xiao Zhuang Wen of the Borjigit clan

entry |3 pages

The Abandoned Empress of the Borjigit clan

entry |4 pages

Empress Xiao Xian of the Donggo clan

entry |2 pages

Empress Xiao Kang Zhang of the Tonggiya clan

entry |2 pages

Empress Xiao Gongren of the Uya clan

entry |2 pages

Empress Xiao Jing Xian of the Nara clan

entry |4 pages

Empress Xiao Sheng Xian of the Niohuru clan

entry |3 pages

Empress Xiao Xian Chun of the Fuca clan

entry |3 pages

Empress Ula Nara

entry |3 pages

Rongfei of the Hojo clan

entry |3 pages

Empress Xiao Zhen Xian of the Niohuru clan

entry |1 pages

Empress Dowager Ci'an

entry |1 pages

Empress Dowager Cixi

entry |1 pages

Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi

entry |5 pages

Empress Xiao Qin Xian of the Yehe Nara clan

entry |3 pages

Empress Xiao Ding Jing of the Yehe Nara clan

entry |1 pages

Imperial Honored Consort Wenjing

entry |2 pages

Jinfei of the Tatala clan

entry |4 pages

Zhenfei of the Tatala clan

entry |4 pages

Wanrong of the Gobole clan