Biography
Chen Duansheng was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Both her father Chen Yudun and her uncle Chen Yuwan wereWriting
Chen Duansheng began writing at the age of 17. Because her grandfather did not respect the tanci genre, she had to write in secret. Chen Duansheng wrote 16 volumes with four chapters each of her magnum opus ''Zai sheng Yuan'' by 1770. After her mother died, Chen Duansheng did not write again until 1784 when she completed one more four chapter volume. After her death,References
Sources
* Sung, Marina H. The Narrative Art of Tsai‐sheng‐yüan: A Feminist Vision in Traditional Confucian Society. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center Publications, 1994. * Wu, Qingyun. Female Rule in Chinese and English Literary Utopias. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1995. Chapter 3 analyzes Zaisheng yuan and compares it with Lady Florence Dixie's Gloriana; or, The Revolution of 1900. {{DEFAULTSORT:Duansheng Chen 1751 births 1796 deaths 18th-century Chinese poets 18th-century Chinese novelists Chinese women poets Qing dynasty poets writers from Hangzhou