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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 ...
The art during the Ming dynasty reflected the power acquired by Empress Zhang and other courtly women during her reign. The most famous and arguably most important piece attributed to Empress Zhang is a handscroll known as the Ordination Scroll, which depicts her ordination as a Taoist priestess in 1493. [1]
Empress Renxiaowen (仁孝文皇后; 5 March 1362 – 6 August 1407), of the Xu clan, was the empress consort to the Yongle Emperor and the third empress of China's Ming dynasty. She was well educated, compiling bibliographies of virtuous women, an activity connected with court politics. [1]
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]
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.
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.”
The Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) ruled before the establishment of the Ming dynasty. Alongside institutionalized ethnic discrimination against the Han people that stirred resentment and rebellion, other explanations for the Yuan's demise included overtaxing areas hard-hit by crop failure, inflation, and massive flooding of the Yellow River as a result of the abandonment of irrigation ...
The role of each individual in the attempt on the emperor's life was judged and recorded as below: Concubine Ning, of the Wang clan (宁嫔王氏), head of the plot; Consort Duan, the assault happened in her quarters; Chen Juhua (陈菊花), personally involved in strangling the emperor; Deng Jinxiang (邓金香), conspired to murder the emperor