Empresses and Consorts : Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's Commentary

Contents Preface Translators' Note Prolegomenon 1 Introduction 2 Palace Women in the Early Empire 3 Women in Early Imperial History and Thought 4 Empresses and Consorts of the Three States 5 Records of the Three States Translation Records of the Three States: The Book of Wei. Fascicle 5: Empresses and Consorts Records of the Three States: The Book of Shu. Fascicle 34: Consorts and Sons of the Two Sovereigns Records of the Three States: The Book of Wu. Fascicle 50: Consorts and Concubines Appendixes Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: Character Count in the San guo zhi and Its Commentary Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index About the Translators