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The Ming dynasty was the last unified dynasty founded by the Han ethnic group in Chinese history, lasting for 276 years. [1] The dynasty continued the tradition of using the emperor's era name, which began with Emperor Wu of Han, to record the year. In total, there were 17 era names used.
Xu Yuan (Chinese: 徐媛; pinyin: Xú Yuàn; Wade–Giles: Hsü Yüan, c. 1560 - 1620 [1]), courtesy name name Xiaoshu(小淑), [2] was a Ming dynasty child prodigy and poet during the reign of the Wanli Emperor (1563–1620). Born in Suzhou to the imperial retainer Xu Shitai, she became regarded as one of the foremost female poets from Suzhou.
During the Ming dynasty, a well-known saying about women also appeared: "A woman without talent is virtuous" (女子無才便是德). [114] An unusual feature of Ming dynasty imperial marriages was the stipulation by its founder Hongwu Emperor that all the consorts of the Ming court should come from low-ranking families. The result of this ...
Lin Xue (Ming Dynasty) landscape painter, poet, calligrapher; Lin Yining (1655-c.1730) one of the original Banana Garden Poets; Liu Qingyun (c.1841-c.1900) playwright; Liu Rushi (1618–1664) singer, poet and writer; Liu Ying (born 1974) novelist; Lü Bicheng (1883–1943) poet and commentator; Luo Luo (born 1982) novelist; Lüqiu Luwei (born ...
Ma Shouzhen (Chinese: 馬守真; c. 1548–1604), also known by her courtesy name Ma Xianglan (Chinese: 馬湘蘭, meaning "Orchid of the Xiang River") and pen name Yuejiao ("Lunar Beauty"), was a Chinese courtesan and artist born in Nanjing during the late Ming dynasty (1550–1644). She was a renowned painter, poet, and composer, receiving ...
This is a list of female poets ... (Huang Xiumei, 1498–1569), Chinese poet of Ming dynasty; ... (1859–1934), American poet and professor of English literature;
Her pen name Bing Xin carries the meaning of a morally pure heart and is taken from a line in a Tang Dynasty poem by Wang Changling. Shi Pingmei (1902–1928), China's modern female revolutionary activist. Her real name is Ru Bi, and because of the love of the plum blossom, her pen name was Shi Pingmei. [10]
This is a list of the Chinese era names used by the various dynasties and regimes in the history of China, sorted by monarch. The English renditions of the era names in this list are based on the Hanyu Pinyin system. However, some academic works utilize the Wade–Giles romanization.