摘要
While the historical works discussing the trading aspect of Sogdians are abundant,a relatively small amount of researches discuss the diasporic women who moved to China with their family members(usually husbands)who are traders.The Sogdian ancient letter is among the rare sources that provide women’s perspective in Sogdian diasporic society.This work analyses the multiple identities of Miwnay,the main woman character in the Sogdian ancient letter.This paper explores the underlying privileges of women and socially constructed restrictions posed upon women.This work compares Sogdian women’s situation implied in the letters with other women figures in sedentary communities’.In this work,Sogdian women’s high autonomy is shown despite male dominance on financial resource distribution.
