Ban Zhao’s Lessons for Women-World

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Historical Background 
Primary Sources    
Excerpts from Ban Zhao’s Lessons for Women, c. 105 C.E.   
Excerpt from Fan Ye’s “Biography of Ban Zhao” in Hou Han Shu, History of the Later Han Dynasty, c. 440 C.E.       
Sima Qian, Ruminations about Marriage, c. 100 B.C.E.
Excerpts from the Book of Rites on Correct Behavior in the Family, 1st century B.C.E.
Excerpt from the Da Dai Liji, Rules about Divorcing a Woman, 1st century C.E. 
Chapters on the Power of Yielding and Softness, Daodejing, 3rd century B.C.E. 
Excerpt from Han Feizi’s “Precautions within the Palace,” 3rd century B.C.E.
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