The Other Tale of Ban Zhao

She was China's first female historian and the only woman to write one of the Twenty-Four Histories. She came from a legendary family and possessed extraordinary intelligence, yet, like any ordinary woman, she also had to deal with household chores. She experienced love and the undercurrents of court intrigue, but in the end chose to follow the Great Way. Among China's celebrated women of letters throughout history, she enjoyed one of the most successful worldly lives and the most satisfying endings. Gifted as she was, she wrote Admonitions for Women, one of the Four Books for Women. She was a woman who left me conflicted for a long time. She was Ban Zhao... Theme: