Wang Yun (female poet)

Wang Yun (1749-1819) was a Chinese poet and playwright during the Qing Dynasty.

Her birthplace is Chang'an. In her poems she writes about the frustration of educated women, who were not allowed to have a career, nor were they accepted by men as intellectual equals. The Huaiqing Tang ji contains over 200 of her poems. She also wrote three plays; Fanhua meng, Quan fu ji and You xian meng.

References

• "Wang Yun", Renditions, a Chinese-English Translation Magazine, last accessed June 9, 2007