"Originally published by M.E. Sharpe, Inc."--T.p. verso. "This English-language edition of Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Anqiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E.-618 C.E. is the third in a multivolume series. The first volume, The Qing Period, 1644-1911, was published in 1998, and the second, The Twentieth Century, 1912-2000, in 2003."--P. vii. "This edition published by Hong Kong University Press is available exclusively in Asia."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.