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100	1		_aLu, Weijing
245	1	0	_aTrue to Her Word _bThe Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China _cWeijing Lu
260			_aStanford, California _bStanford University Press _c2008
300			_a[8], 347 p. :
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMoral 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.
650		0	_aSociety -- Sociology -- Women -- Imperial China
650		0	_aSociety -- social Life and customs -- Women
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2007037545.html
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