Author: Patricia Buckley Ebrey

The Sung Dynasty (960-1279) was a paradoxical era for Chinese women. This was a time when footbinding spread, and Confucian scholars began to insis...

Winner of the Shimada Prize for Outstanding Work of East Asian Art HistoryBy the end of the sixth century CE, both the royal courts and the educate...

China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistical...