Empress Xu
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Author
Empress Xu
Location
Nanjing/Beijing
Dates
d. 1407
Biography
Well read wife of emperor Ming Yongle (1402-1424) wrote for cultivation of female character that was informed by the life of Empress Ma, a self-educated, well read and family oreinted matriarch who never shied from challenging her famously short tempered husband, Emperor Hongwu, over issues of Connfucian propriety.
Works
Domestic Lessons
Languages
Mandarin
Genres
Conduct
Editions and Translations
4 Books for Women (Domestic Lessons
