An honest comment for my first published novel My Splendid Concubine gave me the idea for this post on the history of the changing attitudes of when a female child becomes a woman. The comment said, “The girls (the two concubines in the story) were younger than 15, for goodness… Read More »The Statutory Woman by Lloyd Lofthouse
To understand the Chinese mind, we should start with Confucius (552 – 479 BC), who is arguably the most influencial person in Chinese history and by extension the rest of East Asia: Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia—thanks to China being a regional super power for more than two… Read More »The Value of Education – East Asian versus Western thought by Lloyd Lofthouse
When I was writing My Splendid Concubine and discovered how powerful the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835 – 1908) was I had no idea there was another woman from China’s history who was more powerful than Cixi. Under Cixi—who ruled as regent through her son and then a nephew—China’s Qing Dynasty was… Read More »Was China’s only female emperor the most powerful feminist in history? by Lloyd Lofthouse
Almost everyone knows about the American Revolution [1775 – 1783] that led to the founding of the United States, and many are aware of the French Revolution [1789 – 1799], but I suspect few outside of China [and possibly in China] are aware of the bloodiest rebellion in human history,… Read More »The Bloodiest Rebellion in Human History by Lloyd Lofthouse
An honest 21st century review of The Concubine Saga (combined edition of My Splendid Concubine and Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine at ColReads.com brought up a good subject for a post—the history of the changing attitudes of when a girl becomes a woman (You may want to click on the link to ColReads… Read More »A Brief History of the Age of Consent by Lloyd Lofthouse