中国古代后妃故事：英文

　　This book is more than a series of tales about the intrigues， illicit love affairs and murders committed by the various women who populated the harems of China's many emperors. It is a unipue retelling of major events in China's more than 3000-Year-old history as seen through the eyes of these courtesans of the rear palace. Each emperor had thousands of beauties at his beck and call. Most of them， separated at a young age from their families， livesd in the rear palace in loneliness and seclusion. A few， However， wielded great power or even gained supremacy over the imperial court. Their stories vividly portray the social customs and palace life in ancient China， and give new insights into the important role of women in Chinese history.

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     CONTENTS
   Introduction
   Leizu Teaches People to Spin Silk
   King Shun's Two Wives, Ehuang and Nuying
   Nujiao Encourages Her Husband To Tame
   Floods
   Wu Jiang, a Partial Mother
   Li Ji Murders the Crown Prince
   Xi Shi, the Beauty Who Topples a Nation
   Despotic Empress Lu
   Wang Zhi Becomes Empress by Her Second
   Marriage
   The Vicissitudes of Ahjiao
   The "Fist -Lady" Loses-Her-I ife
   Empress Ma Declines to Elevate External
   Relatives
   Deng Sui, a Learned, Kindly Empress
   Jia Nanfeng, an Ugly and Vicious Empress
   Lady Lou Makes Room for an Alien Prince
   Lady Dugu, a Virtuous Yet Jealous Empress
   Empress Zhangsun Admonishes Her Imperial
   Husband
   Empress Wu Zetian
   The Plum Consort
   Honored Consort Lady Yang
   The Greedy Empress Liu
   Empress Liu and Her Luckless Maid
   Empress Ma, a Paragon of Benevolence
   Lady Wang's Assassination Attempt Against
   the Emperor
   Empress Dowager Cixi