列女傳 by Xiang Liu

"列女傳" by Liu Xiang is a biographical compilation created around 18 BCE. This influential work presents 125 accounts of exemplary women from ancient Chinese history, drawn from early historical texts. Organized into eight scrolls, it features empresses, mothers, scholars, and warriors whose stories illustrate Confucian virtues. From Meng Mu, who raised her son Mencius through poverty, to warriors who defended their honor, these idealized biographies shaped Chinese moral education for women across two millennia, establishing enduring standards of feminine virtue in traditional society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Liu, Xiang, 78? BCE-7? BCE
Title 列女傳
Alternate Title Lie nü zhuan
Alternate Title Lie Nu Chuan
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographies_of_Exemplary_Women
Credits Produced by Ieong Hio-Kuan
Language Chinese
LoC Class CT: History: Biography
Subject China -- Social life and customs
Subject Women -- China -- Biography
Subject Women -- China -- Conduct of life
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EBook-No. 24228
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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