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Early Women Writers

Zou Saizhen

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Author

Zou Saizhen

Location

Beijing

Dates

1496

Biography

Discovered for her ability to memorize and chant poems, Zou was trained in scholarly writing and crafted at least one anthology of poems which exists today.

Works

Anthology of poems called Shizhai ji

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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