Women Poets
Li Qingzhao, Xue Tao, and the female voices that enriched Chinese literary tradition
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Ban Zhao: Scholar, Historian, Poet — The Woman Who Finished China's Greatest History
When Ban Gu died in prison with the Book of Han unfinished, the emperor summoned his sister to complete it.
The Banana Garden Poetry Club: When Women Took Over Chinese Poetry
In 17th-century China, a group of women formed their own poetry club, published their own anthologies, and proved that literary genius wasn't a male...
Women Poets of China: The Voices That History Almost Silenced
For every Li Qingzhao who survived in the literary record, dozens of women poets were forgotten.
Women Poets of China: The Voices That Were Almost Lost
Li Qingzhao, Xue Tao, Yu Xuanji — Chinese literary history includes extraordinary women poets whose work survived despite a culture that discouraged women...
Xue Tao: The Courtesan Poet of the Tang Dynasty
The Courtesan Poet of the Tang Dynasty
Yu Xuanji: The Daoist Priestess Who Wrote Passionate Poetry
The Daoist Priestess Who Wrote Passionate Poetry
Zhu Shuzhen: The Melancholy Poet of the Song Dynasty
The Melancholy Poet of the Song Dynasty
Zhuo Wenjun: The Woman Who Wrote Her Own Love Story
In 150 BCE, a young widow heard a man play the qin, eloped with him that night, and then wrote a poem that saved her marriage when he tried to take a...
Rediscovering Women Poets of the Tang, Song, and Yuan Dynasties
Explore the contributions of women poets in ancient China during the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties.