The Pictorial Portrayal of Women and Didactic Messages in the Han and Six Dynasties
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This study examines the visual forms into which Liu Xiang’s (ca. 79-8 BCE) compilation <italic>Lienü zhuan</italic> (Categorized biographies of women) were translated during the Han (221 BCE-220 CE) and Six Dynasties (220-589) periods. After Liu Xiang’s work appeared, the images of<italic> lienü</it...

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Publicado en:NAN NU -- Men, Women & Gender in Early & Imperial China Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 155 - 213
Autor principal: Cheng, Wen-chien
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2017
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          Women in art
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          Chinese art -- Three kingdoms-Sui dynasty, 220-618
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