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The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who were renowned for their beauty. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Yuhuan. [1] Among them, Diaochan is a fictional character while the rest have been greatly embellished by legend. They gained their reputation from the influence they ...
The following is a list of empresses and queens consort of China. China has periodically been divided into kingdoms as well as united under empires, resulting in consorts titled both queen and empress. The empress title could also be given posthumously.
Tīn Hauh. Wu Zetian[note 8](17 February 624[note 9][note 10]– 16 December 705),[3][4]personal name WuZhao, was Empress of Chinafrom 660 to 705, ruling first through others and later in her own right. She ruled as empress consort through her husband Emperor Gaozong, and later as empress dowager through her sons Emperors Zhongzongand Ruizong ...
t. e. Women in ancient and imperial China were restricted from participating in various realms of social life, [ 1 ] through social stipulations that they remain indoors, whilst outside business should be conducted by men. [ 2 ] The strict division of the sexes, apparent in the policy that "men plow, women weave" (Chinese : 男耕女織 ...
The following is a list of notable actresses from Mainland China This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The following is a list of women writers who have made significant contributions to modern Chinese women's writing. These writers include Lu Yin, Xie Wanying, Shi Pingmei, Ding Ling, Xiao Hong, Eileen Chang, and San Mao. Lu Yin (1898–1934), formerly known as Huang Shuyi, also known as Huang Ying, was born in Fujian Province.
Guo Jingjing. Guo Jingjing (Chinese: 郭晶晶; pinyin: Guō Jīngjīng; born October 15, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a retired Chinese diver, and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Guo is tied with her partner Wu Minxia for winning the most Olympic medals (6) of any female diver [2] and she won the 3m springboard event at ...
Pages in category "Chinese feminine given names" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.