Embroidered gauze; portraits of famous Chinese ladies.
Series: Essay index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Women -- China -- Biography; China -- Court and courtiers
Notes: Reprint of the 1941 ed.
Table of contents: title: Wives, concubines, and courtesans.; title: The most beautiful of Chinese women.; title: A despotic empress.; title: A feminist of long ago.; title: Princesses in exile.; title: The Empress Wu.; title: The beloved of an emperor.; title: A Taoist nun.; title: Precious Pearl.; title: The perfumed princess.; title: The last great ruler of China.; title: Bibliography (p. 317-326)