The lurid and grotesque stories surrounding Jeffrey Epstein may be seen as a modern echo of the excesses of ancient Chinese imperial harems. The number of women involved was not 3,000, to be sure, but ...
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Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a Buddha or as a patron of Buddhists.
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