Emperor's College Hosts a Sip and Share with Lisa See and Lorraine Wilcox

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024
Location: Emperor’s College, 200 Corporate Pointe, Suite 150A, Culver City, CA, 90230

Emperor’s College is pleased to host a conversation between Lisa See, bestselling author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, and Lorraine Wilcox, our very own faculty member and translator of Tan Yunxian's Miscellaneous Records of a Female Doctor. Join us over tea and refreshments while learning about this remarkable doctor from Ming Dynasty China and the story behind Lorraine’s translation of Tan Yunxian’s medical records that inspired Lisa’s novel. Stay for book signings from both authors as well as a bonus book raffle!

Event Schedule

Book Sale: 4:30PM to 5PM

Conversation: 5PM to 6PM

Book Signing/Book Raffle: 6PM to 6:30 PM

For more info: 310 453 8300

Lisa See is a New York Times bestselling author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, a historical novel inspired by Tan Yunxian, a female physician from 15th century China. It is a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today. Her other novels include The Island of Sea Women, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, China Dolls, and Dreams of Joy. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.

Lorraine Wilcox is an acupuncturist, a faculty member at Emperor’s College, and the translator of Tan Yunxian's MiscellaneousRecords of a Female Doctor which contains 31 case studies from Tan's medical practice, which are the earliest known writings by a female doctor in China. Tan Yunxian primarily treated women in her practice, and these records reflect insights into female patients of the time. Wilcox’s other books and translations include Moxibustion: A Modern Clinical Handbook, Moxibustion: The Power of Mugwort Fire, The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Outline of Female Medicine, Raising the Dead and Returning Life. At Emperor’s College, Lorraine teaches Fundamentals of East Asian Medicine and East West Medical History.