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Early Women Writers

Wu Shi nu

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Author

Wu Shi nu

Dates

14th c

Biography

Wu wrote poems and songs during her courtship with a man of her village, however their union was blocked by Wu's parents.

Works

Replying to Zheng Xi and Echoing His Rhyme

Languages

Mandarin

Genres

Love Songwriting and 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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