Li ye
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Author
Li ye
Location
Chang'an (Xi'an)
Dates
8th c
Biography
Daoist nun who doubled as a courtesan and entertainer, Li Ye wrote a number of poems under coercion to praise the Tang court.
Works
Eight Extremes, Reproach in Love
Languages
Mandarin
Genres
Poetry
Editions and Translations
Kang-i Sun Chang and Haun Saussy. Women Writers of Traditional China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
