According to Confucius and educated woman is a worthless woman, but Tan Yunxian born into an elite family, haunted by death separations and loneliness - is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China and she teaches Yunxian, the pillars of Chinese medicine - the four examinations, six pernicious influences, seven emotions and that the body is a reflection of the cosmos. Lady Tan’s circle of women is a captivating story of women helping other women. It is also a triumph reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.