Learning from a Woman: Ming Literati Responses to Tanyangzi.

Waltner, Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ440224

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Learning from a Woman: Ming Literati Responses to Tanyangzi.

Waltner, Ann

International Journal of Social Education, v6 n1 p42-59 Spr 1991

Tells the story of Tanyangzi, a young visionary and religious teacher in Ming China. Discusses writings relating to her life and teachings. Emphasizes the concern with chastity, publicity, and fictionality as they relate to the male view of female virtue among men of the late Ming period. (DK)

Descriptors: Buddhism, Chinese Culture, Confucianism, Cultural Influences, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literary Devices, Literature, Meditation, Mysticism, Non Western Civilization, Religion, Sex Role, Sexuality, Taoism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China

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