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100	1		_aSee, Lisa, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLady Tan's circle of women : _ba novel / _cLisa See.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a352 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aSent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in fifteenth-century China.
520			_a"According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian--born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness--is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations--looking, listening, touching, and asking--something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women's illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose--despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it--and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other's joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife--embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions, go on to treat women and girls from every level of society, and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts?" -- _cProvided by publisher.
648		7	_a1368-1644 _2fast
650		0	_aWomen physicians _vFiction.
650		0	_aAristocracy (Social class) _vFiction.
650		0	_aFemale friendship _vFiction.
650		0	_aMidwives _vFiction.
650		0	_aWomen _zChina _vFiction.
650		0	_aArranged marriage _vFiction.
650		0	_aSex role _vFiction.
650		7	_aAristocracy (Social class) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00814463
650		7	_aFemale friendship. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00922609
650		7	_aWomen physicians. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01178296
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yMing dynasty, 1368-1644 _vFiction.
651		7	_aChina. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01206073
655		0	_aHistorical fiction.
655		7	_aFiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423787
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01726589
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01726640
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft
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