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
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