Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles

This volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women completes the four-volume project and contains more than 400 biographies of women active in the Tang through Ming dynasties (618-1644). Many of the entries are the result of original research and provide the only substantial information on women available in English.

Preface
In Memoriam: Agniezska Dorota Syrokomla-Stefanowska (1936-2008)
Editors' Note
Acknowledgments
Guide to Chinese Words Used
Contributors
Translators
Chronology of Dynasties and Major Rulers
Finding List by Background or Fields of Endeavor
Biographies: Tang Through Ming
Glossary of Chinese Names
About the Editors