From Evil Women to Dissolute Rulers: Changes in Gender Representation across the Zuozhuan, Guoyu, and Shiji
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DOI: 10.1017/s1356186320000504
Abstract: Abstract This article examines gender representation in early Chinese histories with a focus on Shiji 史記 (Records of the Historian). Presenting beautiful and evil women, rather than male rulers, as responsible for political crises is… read more here.
Keywords: shiji; women dissolute; guoyu; evil women ... See more keywords