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As far as East Asia is concerned, I would put the Confucius on the list before the Laozi. Of course it's indisputable that the Laozi is a big deal, but the Confucius is to east Asia what the Bible is to Europe. The Laozi is great, it's inspiring, but the more I read the Confucius, the better I understand China, and east Asia as a whole. The only thing that might have been more influential in that part of the world is Buddhism.
All that said of course, except for space there's nothing that says they can't both be on there.
Also, unfortunately when we're talking about the classical Chinese canon, you don't find many women writers, and they don't show up until the Han dynasty. Even more troublesome is that there just isn't much written about women in Chinese history or writing, makes really difficult to read about them.
Further, in my searching while writing this I found this book(http://www.amazon.com/Women-Writers-Traditional-China-Anthology/dp/0804732310) which looks great and has been ordered, and I was reminded of this(http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Brush-Imperial-Monographs/dp/067401393X) which is apparently excellent though I haven't read it at all myself.