Lu, Weijing, True to Her Word: The Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China

摘要：

In this book,Weijing Lu focuses on a special group in Chinese history-girls who entered into engagements with men but never had the opportunity to start a sexual and familial relationship because their intended had died.These girls were called “faithful maidens.” In late imperial China,thousands of ”faithful maidens” took their own lives after their fiancés” deaths,or in many cases they took up cloistered lives in order to sustain their fidelity to the lost husband.

机标关键词：late imperial China、in order

所属期刊栏目：07

分类号：K2(中国史)

在线出版日期：2012-10-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页码：164-166