Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Readers -- Introduction -- 1. Breaking the Silence: Cases of Outspoken Exemplary Women -- 2. Visualizing Exemplarity: Women's Portraits and Paintings for Self-Representation -- 3. Staging Family Drama: Genealogical Writing as Ritual Authority -- 4. Enacting Guardians of Family Health: From Exemplary Wife to Reformer -- Conclusion -- Chinese Character Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.