The Empress in the Pepper Chamber : Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction /

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"Zhao Feiyan (45-1 BCE), the second empress appointed by Emperor Cheng of the Han dynasty (207 BCE-220 CE), was born in slavery and trained in the performing arts, a background that made her appointment as empress highly controversial. Subsequent persecution by her political enemies eventually...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milburn, Olivia (Author)
Other Authors: Ling, Xuan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Zhao, Feiyan, > 34 B.C.-1 B.C.
Zhao, Feiyan, > 34 B.C.-1 B.C. > In literature.
Ling, Xuan. > Zhao Feiyan wai zhuan.
Literature.
Empresses > Biography.
Empresses > China > Biography > History and criticism.
China.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Empress in the Pepper Chamber
  • The Scandalous Tale of Zhao Feiyan
  • Zhao Feiyan's Biography in Historical Sources
  • Interpreting The Scandalous Tale
  • Gendering Empress Zhao
  • Concluding Remarks.

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