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from Part 2 - Society and Realia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2019
Among the numerous inscriptions that have been digitally archived and uploaded online there is an arresting epitaph of a sixth-century Buddhist nun. The story of this twice-widowed aristocrat, and her eventful life, unearthed nearly a century ago, may serve as a useful example for us to understand the history of women and gender in the Six Dynasties period.
Yuan Chuntuo, born in 475 to a royal family of the Tuoba Northern Wei, was the great-granddaughter of Emperor Wu (428–452) and the fifth daughter of Tuoba Yun, Prince Rencheng (447–481).
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