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Historical essay, Il meraviglioso discorso della fanciulla pura by Paolo Santangelo investigates representations of female purity in late imperial Chinese culture. Drawing on literary texts, philosophical writings, and moral treatises, the book explores how idealized femininity was constructed, controlled, and narrated through Confucian ethics and social norms. Structured thematically, it examines purity as a metaphor for order, hierarchy, and virtue, while highlighting tensions between individual experience and collective ideology. The study contributes to Chinese cultural history and gender studies, offering a cross-disciplinary approach grounded in textual analysis.