The Real Situation of Women in the Qing Dynasty

The Real Situation of Women in the Qing Dynasty

The Real Situation of Women in the Qing Dynasty The Real Situation of Women in the Qing Dynasty Guo Songyi[1] has raised several important points about the situation of Chinese women during the Qing dynasty—points that could fundamentally reshape how both the public...
Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse

Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse

Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse In a biography of Xu Sibo[1], a Daoist specialist in water therapy of the fifth century of our era[2], we read: «There lived a matron who had been troubled with...
The tragedy of the beauty Wang Zhaojun

The tragedy of the beauty Wang Zhaojun

The tragedy of the beauty Wang Zhaojun The tragedy of the beauty Wang Zhaojun Emperor Yuan (48–33 BCE) had a large harem and could not meet with all the palace women regularly. Therefore, he ordered painters to create portraits of them, and he would summon them for...
The economics of human plowing

The economics of human plowing

The economics of human plowing The economics of human plowing  According to “The Exploitation Of The Works Of Nature”, a 17th century Chinese book.  In farming households where there are no oxen to use, farmers fix a pole to the plough and two men pull the plough by...