@misc{Lan2022,
  type      = {Master Thesis},
  author    = {Lan, Kai-Yi},
  title     = {Gender and Medicine in the Ming Dynasty: Tan Yunxian's (1461-1556) Medical Case Book},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-28886},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-288862},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This project explores Tan Yunxian's journey of becoming a female doctor in the Ming dynasty. Among all the surviving Ming medical books, Tan Yunxian's medical case book is the only one that was written by a woman. It seems natural, considering she had both scholar-official and medical family backgrounds. Yet, social expectations consider it more suitable for a lady to remain in the household, and not treat patients outside. To legitimize Tan Yunxian's pursuit of a medical career, she applied several strategies to resolve potential criticism toward her and her family. These strategies are analyzed through her autobiographical preface in her medical case book. The project also explores Ming male literatis' perspectives toward Tan Yunxian, the factors that contributed to the preservation and publication of her medical case book, and examined her medical cases under the social-historical and micro-history contexts.},
  language  = {en}
}