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Dr. Lily Xiao Hong Lee

PhD (Sydney), MLS (Atlanta), BA (Nanyang)
Honorary Associate
Room 649, Brennan MacCallum Building A18


My research is related to Chinese women’s history and their literary works. I also study the history and literature of the Wei-Jin period in China. I am the editor-in-chief of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women in four volumes, two of which have already been published; the third is with the publisher now. I have written books and articles on Chinese women and on the classic Shishuo xinyu.

Research areas

  • Women’s history in China
  • Chinese women’s literature
  • Wei-Jin literature and history

Current projects

  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang to Ming, 618-1644.
  • Oral history of Tibetan Women
  • The question of gender regarding the authorship of the anonymous quizi ci poems collection Yunyao ji found in the Dunhuang caves.
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Selected publications

Books

  • Virtue of Yin, Sydney: Wild Peony, 1994. 117p.
  • (Co-authored with Sue Wiles), Women of the Long March, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1999. 308p.
  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Qing Period, 1644-1911. Armonk, New York: M E Sharpe,1998. 387p.
  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Twentieth Century, 1912-2000, Armonk, New York: 2003. 762p.
  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Qing Period, Antiquity to Sui, 16th Century BCE to 617. Armonk, New York: M E Sharpe, in press.
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Conference activity

  • World Without Walls: International Conference of the Oriental Society of Australia, University of Sydney, December 3 - 7, 2006.　Paper: The gender issue of the authors of Yunyao ji, a collection of songs discovered at Dunhuang
  • Conference Celebrating Prof. Jao Tsung-i’s 90th Birthday, Hong Kong, December 13-17. Paper: A study of the Yunyao ji: authorship, diction and style.
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