Empress Wu Zetian in Fiction and in History : Female Defiance in Confucian China.

Intro -- EMPRESS WU ZETIAN INFICTION AND IN HISTORY: FEMALEDEFIANCE IN CONFUCIAN CHINA -- EMPRESS WU ZETIAN INFICTION AND IN HISTORY: FEMALEDEFIANCE IN CONFUCIAN CHINA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE IDEOLOGICAL BACKDROP -- THE EMERGENCE OF CONFUCIANISM AS A STATE IDEOLOGY -- DAOIST PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION -- THE QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST -- CHANG E, THE MOON GODDESS -- DESTINIES OF THE FLOWERSIN THE MIRROR -- THE CELESTIAL ORIGIN OF EMPRESS WU ZETIAN -- THE REBIRTH OF IMMORTAL BAI -- THE ADVENTURES OF ROAMER TANG -- THE GATHERING OF THE TALENTED BEAUTIES -- LI RUZHEN'S COMMENTARYON CHINESE SOCIETY -- THE RISE AND FALL OF THEHISTORICAL EMPRESS WU -- WU ZETIAN'S CHILDHOOD -- ENTRANCE TO THE IMPERIAL COURT -- BECOMING THE EMPRESS -- EQUAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMPEROR -- THE WU FAMILY -- THE QUESTION OF SUCCESSION -- STATE IDEOLOGY AND HER RISE TO POWER -- THE REIGN OF TERROR -- RETURN TO NORMALCY AND THE RISE OF XUE HUAIYI -- SUPREME RULER AND DIVINE EMPEROR -- THE DEMISE OF HUAIYI -- TROUBLES IN THE LATER YEARS -- THE AFTERMATH -- EMPRESS WU'S ACHIEVEMENTS -- MASTERY OF STATE CRAFT AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM -- PRESERVATION OF THE EMPIRE -- PRESERVATION OF THE TANG DYNASTY -- GENDER DISTINCTIONSIN TRADITIONAL CHINA -- GENDER AND THE LIFE CYCLE -- CONFUCIAN IDEOLOGY AND GENDER DISTINCTION -- WOMEN DURING THE PERIOD OF DIVISION -- EMPRESS WU ZETIAN OF THE TANG DYNASTY -- EMPHASIS ON DIVISION OFLABOR DURING THE SONG DYNASTY -- WOMANHOOD IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA -- DEFIANT WOMEN IN LEGEND AND FICTION -- HUA MULAN -- LIANG SHANBO AND ZHU YINGTAI -- Scene 1: In the Study of the Zhu Household -- Scene 2: Meeting at a Bridge -- Scene 4: Country Scene in the Spring -- Scene 5: In the Schoolroom -- Scene 6: Country Scene -- Scene 7: Zhu Residence -- Scene 8: On the Balcony of Yingtai's Living Quarters -- Scene 9: Zhu Residence -- Scene 10: In Shanbo's Bed Chamber.

Scene 11: In the Main Hall of Shanbo's Home -- Scene 12: In Yingtai's Bed Chamber -- Scene 13: In Front of Shanbo's Tomb -- CommentaryLike -- OVERCOMING THE LEGACY OFCONFUCIANISM: URBANEDUCATED WOMEN TODAY -- DR. BUWEI YANG CHAO: A SKETCH -- GENDER EQUALITY TODAY -- CHRONOLOGY -- REFERENCES.

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