Lu, Weijing <br/><br/>
True to Her Word    The Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China  
Weijing Lu 
 - Stanford, California   Stanford University Press  2008 
 - [8], 347 p. : 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Moral heroism and craving for extremes : the Ming period (13681644) -- Putting young heroines in the spotlight : the seventeenth century -- The state and the social webs of exaltation : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Dissuading the resolute : the families of faithful maidens -- Dying for an ideal : the choice of suicide -- A young life, a long journey : living as a faithful maiden -- Old rituals and new questions : the faithful maiden debate. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804758086 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Society -- Sociology -- Women -- Imperial China<br/>Society -- social Life and customs -- Women