Chen Changwen
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Author
Chen Changwen
Location
Near Boyang, in Jiangxi province.
Dates
9th c
Biography
At 16, Cheng fought off a sexual assault by an older man, killing him in the process. While in prison, awaiting execution, without trial, cheng wrote "Writing My Feelings to the Regional Inspector While in Prison" to vindicate herself.
Works
Writing My Feelings to the Regional Inspector while in Prison
Languages
Mandarin
Genres
Autobiographical Narrative Poetry
Editions and Translations
Kang-i Sun Chang and Haun Saussy. Women Writers of Traditional China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
