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Ideal Womanhood in Chinese Thought and Culture
Author(s) -
Wang Robin R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2010.00312.x
Subject(s) - ideal (ethics) , chinese culture , sociology , psychology , aesthetics , social psychology , gender studies , epistemology , philosophy , china , political science , law
Based on original texts this essay attempts to describe two main conceptual constructions and practices of ideal womanhood in the Chinese tradition: Lienu (exemplary women) as the Confucian social inspirations for women and Kundao (way of female) as the Daoist commitment to bodily and spiritual transformation.