The book served as Confucianism's seminal textbook for Chinese women for two millennia, but cementing the " cult of chastity " as an exemplar of Chinese superiority also condemned many widows to lives of " poverty and loneliness.

However, recent reexaminations of Chinese gender roles suggest that many women flourished within Confucianism.

Hiragana gave written expression to the spoken word and, with it, to the rise in Japan's famous vernacular literature, much of it written by court women who had not been trained in Chinese as had their male counterparts.

Furthermore, Chinese and Japanese women are not expected to initiate eye contact which would be considered rude and disrespectful.

Wright also stated that " one of the most unfortunate phases of smoking opium in this country is the large number of women who have become involved and were living as common-law wives or cohabitating with Chinese in the Chinatowns of our various cities ".

The opium addicts were mostly women who were prescribed and dispensed legal opiates by physicians and pharmacist for ” female problems ,” probably mostly pain at menstruation, or white men and Chinese at the Opium dens.

* 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier ; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80, 000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.

In Guangxi and Guangdong, the Vietnamese revolutionaries arranged alliances with the Kuomintang by marrying Vietnamese women to Chinese officers.

Phan Boi Chau's revolutionary network practiced this extensively, in addition Chinese merchants also married Vietnamese women, and provided funds and help.

The Knights strongly supported the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Contract Labor Law of 1885, as did many other labor groups, although the group did accept most others, including skilled and unskilled women of any profession.

This union did not include Chinese, and partially included black people and women.

Other Chinese called them sou-hei ( self-combers ) for adopting hairstyles of married women.

The Portuguese, often married Tanka women since Han Chinese women would not have relations with them.

Recent years have seen a steady flow of foreign workers into the textile industry ( primarily Chinese women ), the construction industry ( primarily Indian workers ), and harbour-related activities ( primarily Taiwanese men ).

Several of these articles advocated his staunchly feminist views, calling for the liberation of women in Chinese society ; alongside his early experiences with forced arranged marriage, this was possibly influenced by the recent death of his mother and his increasing romantic involvement with Yang Kaihui ( 1901 – 1930 ), the daughter of Mao's recently deceased mentor Yang Changji.

* 1998 – Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.

The Ministry of Education vets all history textbooks, and those that do not mention Japanese war crimes and atrocities are not vetted ; however, the Atarashii Rekishi Kyōkasho de-emphasises aggressive Japanese Imperial wartime behaviour and the matter of Chinese and Korean comfort women.

The Soong Sisters ( Traditional Chinese: 宋家姐妹, pinyin: Sòngjiā Jiěmèi, or 宋氏三姐妹 ) were three Hainan Chinese women who were, along with their husbands, amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century.

A significant distinguishing feature of Vietnamese ancestor veneration is that women have traditionally been allowed to participate and co-officiate ancestral rites, unlike in Chinese Confucian doctrine, which allows only male descendants to perform such rites.

King became alarmed upon hearing that white women were also opium users, not just Chinese men, and he then initiated the process that led to the first legislation outlawing narcotics in Canada.

Chinese checkers ( alternate spelling Chinese chequers ) is a board game that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners.

Handscroll detail of a China | Chinese percussionist playing a drum for a dancing woman, from a 12th century remake of Gu Hongzhong's 10th century originals, Song Dynasty.

Elliss " Puss " Achong, a player of Chinese origin, was a left-arm orthodox spinner, playing for the West Indies at the time.

A playing card form was published by an official of Britain's Consular Service named William Henry Wilkinson, author of " Chinese origin of playing cards ," under the name of Khanhoo.

Chinese men were deported for playing keno and sentenced to hard labor for opium possession.

A Chinese playing card dated c. 1400 AD, Ming Dynasty, found near Turpan, measuring 9. 5 by 3. 5 cm.

Pai Gow poker ( also called Double-hand poker ) is an Americanized version of Pai Gow ( in that it is played with playing cards bearing poker hand values, instead of Pai Gow's Chinese dominoes ).

Tang Dynasty Chinese courtiers on horseback playing a game of polo, 706 AD

However, this created some controversy as the Chinese National Team argued that this was merely to give non-Chinese players a better chance of winning since the new type of balls has a slower speed, while at that time most Chinese players were playing with fast attack and smashes.

The Yongle Emperor observing court eunuchs playing cuju, an ancient Chinese game similar to soccer.

Zhu used the term " patriotic organizations " to describe the triads on the record for their past history as secret societies in resisting foreign invaders and playing a key role in Chinese history.

Some of the trademark activities include senior citizens playing Chinese chess.

The Chinese version of the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra also mentions the playing of several games, including Liubo, which some have taken as evidence that Liubo was transmitted to India.

There was a Forbidden Park to the northwest outside of the city, where there was a cherry orchard, a pear grove, a vineyard, and fields for playing popular sports such as horse polo and cuju ( ancient Chinese football ).

* The Chinese film Hero is loosely based on Jing Ke's assassination attempt, with Jet Li playing the assassin.

** 7 percussionists playing: Chinese cymbals, snare drum, glockenspiel, chimes, crotales, 2 vibraphones, 3 bongos, 2 xylophones, 2 Bell plates, 3 pr claves, 2 pr maracas, 5 suspended cymbals, 6 almglocken, 3 gongs, 2 tam-tams, 2 bass drums, timpani

The special livery featured a waterside view with a junk and fishes leaping out of the water at the front of the aircraft ; a red dragon spread across the fuselage in the daylight ; and children playing with traditional Chinese lanterns by the waterside of an ancient village on the left side of the aircraft, representing the past.

Han Chinese Folk's feelings are displayed in its poetry-like feeling to it with slow soothing tempos that express feelings that connect with the audience or whoever is playing the piece.

There are three main styles, relating to the location of the music playing groups: Baisha, Dongjing, and Huangjing, all using traditional Chinese instruments.

A Chinese proverb for loving couples uses the Mandarin Duck as a metaphor: " Two mandarin ducks playing in water " ().

* Balancing act while playing Chinese yo-yo