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Two women playing male roles in Song dynasty zaju theatre. Women playing male role was a popular convention of the period. During the Song dynasty, foot binding also became popular among the elite, later spreading to other social classes. The earliest known references to bound feet appeared in this period, and evidence from archaeology also ...
The Qin dynasty (/ tʃ ɪ n / [3] [4]) was the first dynasty of Imperial China.It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, which was a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty which had endured for over five centuries—until 221 BC, when it assumed an imperial prerogative following its complete conquest of its rival states, a state of affairs that lasted until its collapse in 206 BC. [5]
Lady Xiong, (Chinese:熊夫人;personal name unknown) formally Queen Dowager Xuan of Qin (Chinese: 秦宣太后; 338 (?)–265 BC), also known as Mi Bazi (羋八子), was the first queen dowager in Chinese history. A concubine of King Huiwen of Qin and the mother of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Queen Dowager Xuan acted as regent for her son 307-305 ...
Qiu Xinhou (秋信候) Qiu Jin (Chinese: 秋瑾; pinyin: Qiū Jǐn; Wade–Giles: Ch'iu Chin; 8 November 1875 – 15 July 1907) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Her courtesy names are Xuanqing (Chinese: 璿卿; pinyin: Xuánqīng) and Jingxiong (traditional Chinese: 競雄; simplified Chinese: 竞雄; pinyin: Jìngxióng).
Confucianism "largely defined the mainstream discourse on gender in China from the Han dynasty onward." [136] The gender roles prescribed in the Three Obediences and Four Virtues became a cornerstone of the family, and thus, societal stability.
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 ...
Lü Zhi (241–18 August 180 BC), [ 1 ] courtesy name E'xu (娥姁) [ 2 ] and commonly known as Empress Lü (traditional Chinese : 呂后; simplified Chinese : 吕后; pinyin : Lǚ Hòu) and formally Empress Gao of Han (漢高后; 汉高后; Hàn Gāo Hòu), was the empress consort of Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty. They had two ...
Queen Dowager Zhao. Zhao Ji (Chinese: 趙 姬; lit. 'Consort Zhao'; [n 1] c. 280 –228 BC), personal name unknown, was the wife of King Zhuangxiang of Qin and the mother of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. [1] Upon her marriage, she was the Lady Zhao; after the king's death, she was the Queen Dowager (Chinese: 太 后).