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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. From the early 21st century ...
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]
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.
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 ...
The Legend of Mulan: A Heroine of Ancient China, a bilingual Chinese/English children's picture book; Ode to Mulan The original poem in Chinese and English side-by-side translation. 'The Ballad of Mulan': A Rhyming Translation, Translation by Evan Mantyk; Hua Mu Lan—1939 film, directed by Richard Poh [Bu Wancang], with English subtitles
Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.
Many Chinese poems are written around the theme of Chang'e and the moon. In pre-Qin Dynasty (before 221 BC), the text, Classic of Mountains and Seas ( 山海經 ), mentions "a woman is bathing the moon; she is Chang Xi, the wife of Emperor Jun.
Lessons for Women (Chinese: 女誡), also translated as Admonitions for Women, Women's Precepts, or Warnings for Women, is a work by the Han dynasty female intellectual Ban Zhao (45/49–117/120 CE). As one of the Four Books for Women, Lessons had wide circulation in the late Ming and Qing dynasties (i.e. 16th–early 20th centuries). Ban Zhao ...