This is the first published volume on a variety of sources for Chinese women's history. It is an attempt to explore overt and convert information on Chinese women in a vast quantity of textual and non-textual, conventional and unconventional, source materials. Some chapters re-read well-known texts or previously marginalized texts, and brainstorm new ways to use and interpret these sources; other explore new sources or previously overlooked or under-used materials. This book is valuable product witnessing the concerted effort of twenty some scholars located in different parts of the world.