Female Hands: Embroidery as a Knowledge Field in Women's Everyday Life in Late Imperial and Early Republican China

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in Late Imperial and Early Republican China Grace S. Fong Hands Having just put aside the silver plectrum, She sits down and picks up the gilded needle. To make drawing lots she writes in small standard script, Competing at gathering flowers she breaks her delicate nails. They are easy to turn over but it’s hard to know what they express. They can reach out so one doesn’t object to their softness. Holding a golden shuttle, she weaves by the loom, Close-fitting sleeves conceal slenderness. Huang Yunxiang (Qing Dynasty)