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During the Ming dynasty, a well-known saying about women also appeared: "A woman without talent is virtuous" (女子無才便是德). [114] An unusual feature of Ming dynasty imperial marriages was the stipulation by its founder Hongwu Emperor that all the consorts of the Ming court should come from low-ranking families. The result of this ...
During the late Ming dynasty, elite Yijis challenged the gender stereotypes of Confucian values. In contrast to the women of the gentry, who were often discouraged from cultivating talent, lest it undermine their virtue as wives and mothers, the Yijis were educated in painting, poetry, and music. In addition, they owned property and ...
The Palace plot of Renyin year (Chinese: 壬寅宮變), also known as the Palace Women's Uprising (Chinese: 宮女起義), was a Ming dynasty plot against the Jiajing Emperor, where sixteen palace women attempted to murder the emperor.
Joseon sent a total of 114 women to the Ming dynasty, consisting of 16 virgin girls (accompanied by 48 female servants), 42 cooks, and 8 performers. [17] [18] The women were sent to the Yongle and Xuande emperors in a total of seven missions between 1408 and 1433. [18]
During the Ming Dynasty it came to be believed that developing talents erroded the morality of women, a notion which some educated women like Xu Yuan resisted. She broke with the societal expectations of a virtuous housewife and declared in her poetry that she would focus on her literary interests instead of domestic work. [8] [9]
Empress Xiaocigao, Ming dynasty Empress Xu, Ming dynasty. ... Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: V. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911. Taylor & Francis.
Little did the prolific, 68-year-old author realize that would lead directly to one of her most meticulously researched, fascinating and ultimately enjoyable works, “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women.”
Women in Ming China could not ask their male doctors about certain medical conditions. [3] Male doctors were often not allowed to physically touch women due to issues of propriety and gender norms. [11] A male doctor could not touch a woman during an examination, but rather had to review her symptoms through asking her questions.