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Daughters Of Emptiness: Poems Of Chinese Buddhist Nuns,New Tallack And Hosts A Television SeriesWomen Played Major Roles In The History Of Buddhist China, But Given The Paucity Of The Remaining Records, Their Voices Have All But Faded. In Daughters Of Emptiness, Beata Grant Renders A Great Service By Recovering And Translating The Enchanting Verse By Turns Assertive, Observant, Devout Of Fortyeight Nuns From Sixteen Centuries Of Imperial China. This Selection Of Poems, Along With The Brief Biographical Accounts That Accompany Them, Affords