The second part of the book focuses on elite activities on the road, especially the elaborate farewell banquets, welcoming ceremonies, and visits to famous places.

This deeply researched book provides an original history of Chinese women during the pivotal Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368).

In Divine, Demonic, and Disordered, Hsiao-wen Cheng considers accounts of ?manless women,? many of which depict women who suffered from ?enchantment disorder? or who engaged in ?intercourse with ghosts??conditions with specific symptoms and ...

This volume seeks to study the connections between two well-studied epochs in Chinese history: the mid-imperial era of the Tang and Song (ca. 800-1270) and the late imperial era of the late Ming and Qing (1550-1900).