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 The story of the Female Bandit "Tuo Long" was reformed into drama

January 9, 1925, the female bandit "Tuo Long" was executed in Changchun. Despite most bandits are male, the female ones are not unusual. Their stories turn out to be more likely to be given the dramatic or fictional implications. Regarding their images and meanings, you may find analyses in our research finding: Wu Jen-shu, "Is she a devil or fairy? -- On the transformation of image of the Shandong's Tang Sai'er in the Ming Dynasty", in Lu Fang-shang ed., Voices amid Silence (I): Women and the Nation in Modern China (1600-1950).

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