Four Books for Women
| Four Books for Women | |||||||||
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Han scholar Ban Zhao was one of the authors of Four Books for Women. | |||||||||
| Chinese | 女四書 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Women's Four Books | ||||||||
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The Four Books for Women (Chinese: 女四書) was a collection of material intended for use in the education of young Chinese women. In the late Ming and Qing dynasties, it was a standard text read by the daughters of aristocratic families. The four books had circulated separately and were combined by the publishing house Duowen Tang in 1624.