Xu hui
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Author
Xu hui
Location
Hzhou (modern Zhejiang province)
Dates
627-650
Biography
Child prodegy who apparently spoke at five months and read the Confucian Analects and Book of Odes at three years old. While many men had misgivings about her talent, Emeror Taizong invited her to court and become a "lady of talents" to develop her literary skill.
Works
1,000 poems
Languages
Mandarin
Genres
Poetry
Editions and Translations
Kang-i Sun Chang and Haun Saussy. Women Writers of Traditional China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
