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Ban Zhao

Historical writing and a contested text on women’s education and conduct in Han China. Read educational possibilities alongside the hierarchy the text assumes.

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Can a text widen education while reinforcing a hierarchy?

History & archaeology3h · ThinkerBeginner

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Can a text widen education while reinforcing a hierarchy?

History & archaeology14h · ThinkerSome background

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Lessons for a Woman: selected translation
book · Free excerpt
Nancy Lee Swann translation, 1932, reprinted in The Human Record, second edition, 1994 · translated by Nancy Lee Swann