The Sword Dancer by Jeannie Lin6/28/2023 The Sword Dancer was inspired by a Tang Dynasty poem by renowned poet, Du Fu, who wrote “ Observing a Sword Dance Performed by a Disciple of Madam Gongsun.” If you want to get an idea of the sort of imagery and drama that sparked my imagination, definitely check it out! The various roles that women played in Tang society is something I explore in both The Sword Dancer, my upcoming June release, as well as The Lotus Palace, coming in September. But not so in the Tang Dynasty where the artwork shows women playing polo, entertaining scholars and politicians, even ruling the empire. Women of the past were just as multi-faceted, complicated, rebellious and liberated as women of today, a fact that many people tend to overlook since the depiction of women is often limited to wives, concubines and courtesans. It’s widely accepted that the era when most of my stories take place, the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), was a remarkable period of freedom for Chinese women. But anyway! I hope you find this post as interesting as I did! (And keep your eyes peeled I hope to flood this place with posts, after my internet is sorted out. Hello my friends! As you see, we have Jeannie Lin back in in the house! She’s got an awesome post with us today.
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