Here, Chang’e(嫦娥) defines a maid of honor who is yet too young and unexperienced to be promoted to a court ... lady, that is to say a young virgin. ... Although he proudly “[cuts] off from the five forbidden viands and three undesirable foods”(268) under
Three centuries of peace allowed Japanese culture to develop and flourish in new and exciting ways, separate ... but which she expanded using her keen observations of court customs and scandals. ? ... A court culture also developed around concepts of behavior, simplicity and sensitivity. ?
Zhou was renowned for his paintings of Tang courtladies (sanyeo, Chinese shinü), and his painting style ... Silla paintings comprise a one-thousand-year-long history in the Korean painting history. ... After Silla unified the three kingdoms, its paintings were exported to Japan or sent as tribute to Tang
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late schoolboys, and sour prentices, Go tell court-huntsmen that the ... To His Coy Mistress Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. ... For, lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I lt!
more notoriously her admirer in this restraint, than when I openly rivalled the rich fops that made court ... You have heard of a booby brother of mine that was sent to sea three years ago? ... I soon satisfied the lady of my innocence; for I told her: Madam, says I, there are some persons who
