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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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