Were "Ugly Slaves" in Medieval China Really Ugly?
Extending the author's previous studies of Chinese onomastics, this paper examines the true meaning of a large group of medieval Chinese personal names containing the character chou, "ugly." Contrary to conventional interpretation, it is found, based on contemporary inscriptional data, that these na...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 136; no. 1; pp. 117 - 124 |
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American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA)
Jan-Mar2016
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