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Early Women Writers

Lady Wei

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Author

Lady Wei

Location

Bianjing (Kaifeng)

Dates

ca. 1050

Biography

One of the most highly praised female writers of the Song dynasty, Lady Wei was the wife of a Northern Song politician and

Works

Pusa Man Anothology: Wei furen ji (these works are lost)

Languages

Mandarin

Genres

Poetry

Editions and Translations

Kang-i Sun Chang and Haun Saussy. Women Writers of Traditional China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.

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