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The Three Obediences and Four Virtues (Chinese: 三 從 四 德; pinyin: Sāncóng Sìdé; Vietnamese: Tam tòng, tứ đức) is a set of moral principles and social code of behavior for maiden and married women in East Asian Confucianism, especially in ancient and imperial China. Women were to obey their fathers, husbands, and sons, and to be ...
Women are more free and able to live independently in comparison to previous generations. [10] Forbes reported that in 2013, "11 of the 20 richest self-made women in the world are Chinese". [35] In addition, it cites that Chinese female CEOs make up 19 percent of women in management jobs making it the second highest worldwide after Thailand. [36]
Huiguo (Chinese: 慧果; 364 – 433) was a Chinese Buddhist nun. [1]Women first became Buddhist nuns in China in the 4th century, Zhu Jingjian in 317 often being referred to as the first, however, they were not fully ordained in the vinaya tradition and thus formally regarded as novices even though they did live and functioned as nuns in practice, while the Buddhist monks in China were ordained.
Tai tai (太太) is a Chinese colloquial term for an elected leader-wife; or a wealthy married woman who does not work. [2] It is the same as the Cantonese title for a married woman. [ 3 ] It has the same euphemistic value as "lady" in English: sometimes flattery, sometimes subtle insult.
Nüshu (𛆁𛈬 ; simplified Chinese: 女书; traditional Chinese: 女書; pinyin: Nǚshū; [ny˨˩˨ʂu˦]; ' women's script ') is a syllabic script derived from Chinese characters that was used by ethnic Yao women [1] for several centuries in Jiangyong, a county within the southern Chinese province of Hunan.
Gweilo or gwailou (Chinese: 鬼佬; Cantonese Yale: gwáilóu, pronounced [kʷɐ̌i lǒu] ⓘ) is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners. In the absence of modifiers, it refers to white people as White Devils and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use.
The translation by Witter ... Chang'e was a beautiful woman. ... Tony, Charles Phillips, and John Chinnery, Land of the Dragon: Chinese Myth, Duncan Baird ...
Chunyu Yan. Chun Yuyan (1st-century BC), (personal name Shaofu) [1] was a Chinese court official during the Han Dynasty. [2] [3] She was the obstetrician and gynecologist of empress Xu Pingjun, the wife of emperor Xuan.