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1 “Ji, Wife of Duke Mu of Qin” from the Supplemented Biographies. Zengbu quanxiang pinglin gujin Lienü zhuan 增補全象平林古今列女傳. Wanli (1591) Yueyu wentai edition. Public domain, courtesy of Harvard Yenching Library digital rare books collection. https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/chinese-rare-books/catalog/49-990077588800203941 (accessed March 17, 2020) 33
2 “Ji, Wife of Duke Mu of Qin” from the Illustrated Biographies. Lienü zhuan shiliu juan 列女傳十六卷. Zhibuzu zhai, 1779. Public domain, courtesy of HathiTrust. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/28482256.html (accessed March 17, 2020) 35
3 “The Righteous Aunt of Lu” from the Supplemented Biographies 37
4 “The Loving Younger Sister of Heyang” from the Illustrated Biographies 42
5 Relative length of episodes in “Gengniang” and “The Reluctant Bigamist” 70