The Inner Quarters
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| Originally published | 1993 |
| Authors | Patricia Buckley Ebrey |
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| ID | 2910842 |
About The Inner Quarters
The Sung Dynasty (960-1279) was a paradoxical era for Chinese women. This was a time when footbinding spread, and Confucian scholars began to insist that it was better for a widow to starve than to remarry. Yet there were also improvements in women's status in marriage and property rights. . . .