Them: Illustrated Guide to Women in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

This book takes the historical context of the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties as its warp, and the leading female representatives of each dynasty as its weft, from the Western Jin Dynasty to the early Sui Dynasty. It not only details the great changes in historical development during the great division and great integration of more than three hundred years, but also focuses on introducing the life trajectories of outstanding women from each dynasty who were outstanding representatives of each dynasty during the most frequent regime changes in Chinese history. It extracts their most significant characteristics and provides a female interpretation and explanation of them. They are: Jia Nanfeng, the most powerful woman in the Western Jin Dynasty, the most beautiful woman in the Western Jin Dynasty, Luzhu who jumped off a building to die in love, Xie Daoyun, the most talented woman in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Empress Dowager Feng, the first empress dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who was committed to reform, Li Zu'e, the first empress of the Northern Qi Dynasty who was committed to her brother-in-law, Feng Xiaolian, Pan Yunu, and Zhang Lihua, the three noble concubines who lost their country...