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<p>Covering the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts,<i> The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender</i> presents a comprehensive overview of the complexity of gender disparity in Chinese thought and culture.</p><p>Divided into four main sections, an international group of experts in Chinese Studies write on Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist approaches to gender relations. Each section includes a general introduction, a set of authoritative articles written by leading scholars and comprehensive bibliographies, designed to provide the non-specialist with a practical and broad overview. Beginning with the Ancient and Medieval period before moving on to Modern and Contemporary approaches, specially commissioned chapters include Pre-Qin canonical texts, women in early Chinese ethics, the yin-yang gender dynamic and the Buddhist understanding of the conception of gender. Considering why the philosophy of women and gender dynamics in Chinese thought is rarely confronted, <i>The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender </i>is a pioneering cross-disciplinary introduction to Chinese philosophy's intersection with gender studies.</p><p>By bridging the fields of Chinese philosophy, religion, intellectual history, feminism, and gender studies, this cutting-edge volume fills a great need in the current literature on Chinese philosophy and provides student and scholars with an invaluable research resource to a growing field.</p>