{"product_id":"9780892641505","title":"Pan Chao: Foremost Woman Scholar of China","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1932, this book is perhaps the earliest work by an American scholar on a Chinese woman intellectual. Nancy Lee Swann presents a sketch of the Eastern Han period when Pan lived and wrote, of her family background, and of the literary milieu of which she was a part. In addition, Swann provides translations of writings definitively identified with Pan that survive from the years when she was active (ca. 89—105 a.d.).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Pan is well known for her contribution to the great Han-shu, of special interest is her treatise on the moral training of women, in which she makes a plea for girls to be given the same education as boys and points to principles that led young women to success in ancient China. Swann also includes memorials, short poems, and an essay, all of which demonstrate Pan's rhetorical skills and her concerns at the Han court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA considerable work of scholarship, \u003ci\u003ePan Chao\u003c\/i\u003e is grounded in Swann's detailed knowledge of the history and literature of the late Han and it includes the Chinese for shorter works and a comprehensive list of primary sources on this important early scholar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023043281136,"sku":"9780892641505","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780892641505_p0.jpg?v=1763869316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780892641505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}