List of Chinese women writers

The following is a list of Chinese women writers.

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Consort Ban (c.48–c.6 BCE) scholar and poet
Ban Zhao (45–c. 116) historian, polymath, author of Lessons for Women, one of the Four Books for Women
Bao Junhui (fl. late 8th Century) poet
Bao Linghui (fl. c.464) poet
Anni Baobei (born 1974) novelist
Bing Xin (1900–1999) fiction and children's writer
Bu Feiyan (born 1981) novelist

C

Cai Yan (c.178–after 206) poet
Cai Wan (1695-1755) poet
Cao Exiu (13th Century) Zaju actress and poet
Cao Miaoqing (14th Century) poet, calligrapher, musician
Chai Jingyi (17th Century) head of the Banana Garden Poets
Chang Ch'ung-ho (1914–2015) poet
Eileen Chang (1920–1995) novelist, essayist and screenwriter
Chen Jingrong (1917–1989) poet
Chen Danyan (born 1958) biographer
Chen Duansheng (1751-1796) Tanci author
Chen Xiaocui (1902–1967), poet, novelist, painter
Chen Xiefen (1883-1923) magazine editor
Chen Xuezhao (1906–1991) writer and commentator
Chen Yuanyuan (17th Century) Geji
Cheng Changwen (Tang Dynasty) poet and calligrapher
Angelica Cheung (born 1966) fashion writer

D

Dai Houying (1938–1996) novelist
Ding Ling (1904–1986) fiction writer
Dong Xiaowan (1624-1651) Geji poet
Duan Shuqing (c.1510–c.1600) poet

F

Fang Fang (born 1955) poet and novelist
Fang Weiyi (1585-1668) poet and historian of women writers
Feng Yuanjun (1900–1974) scholar
Fu Shanxiang (1833–1864) scholar
Fu Tianlin (born 1946) poet

G

Gao Yu (born 1944) journalist
Gu Hengbo (1619-1664) Gējì poet
Gu Taiqing (1799–c.1877) poet
Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) poet
Guo Ai (died 1428) consort and poet

H

Han Lanying (died 493) scholar and writer
Hao Jingfang (born 1984) novelist
He Shuangqing (1715-c.1737) lyric poet
Hong Ying (born 1962) novelist and poet
Ganggang Hu Guidice (born 1984) writer and artist
Hü King Eng (1865-1929) physician
Hu Lanqi (1901–1994) writer and military leader
Huang Chonggu (885-924) administrator, poet
Huang E (1498–1569) poet
Madame Huarui (c.940–976) poet

J

Jiang Biwei (1899–1978) memoirist
Jiang Hui (1839-after 1880) astronomer
Jin Yi (1770-1794) poet

K

Ke Yan (1929–2011) playwright, novelist and poet
Kin Yamei (1864-1935) physician

L

Li Pingxiang (late 19th-early 20th Century) Gējì poet
Li Qingzhao (1084–c.1151) writer and poet
Li Ye (died 784) poet
Liang Desheng (1771–1847) poet and Tanci author
Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) architectural historian
Lin Zongsu (1878–1944) women's rights essayist
Ling Shuhua (1900–1990) modernist writer and painter
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 1969) journalist

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Ma Shouzhen (c.1548-1604) Geji poet and painter, also known as Ma Xianglan
Mian Mian (born 1970) fiction writer
Duchess Mu of Xu (fl. 7th Century BCE) poet

N

Niu Yingzhen (8th Century) poet

P

Lynn Pan (born 1945) travel writer

Q

Qiu Jin (1875–1907) poet, essayist and political writer

R

Rao Xueman (born 1972) fiction writer, essayist and blogger
Ru Zhijuan (1925–1998) fiction writer

S

Shangguan Wan'er (c.664–710) poet and writer
Shen Qing (living) fashion writer
Shen Rong (born 1936) fiction writer and essayist
Shen Shanbao (1808–1862) poet and writer
Shu Ting (born 1952) poet
Song Mingqiong (died 1802) poet
Song Ruolun (fl. 8th Century) one of the five Song Sisters
Song Ruoshen (died 820) primary author of Analects for Women, one of the Four Books for Women
Song Ruoxian (772-835) secretary and record keeper for Emperor Jingzong
Song Ruoxun (fl. 8th Century) one of the five Song Sisters
Song Ruozhao (761-828) poet, biographer, annotated her sister Ruoshen's Analects for Women
Su Hui (4th Century) poet
Su Qing (1914–1982) essayist
Su Xiaoxiao (c.479 – c.501) poet
Su Xuelin (1897–1999) author and scholar

T

Tian Yuan (born 1985) singer-songwriter and novelist
Tie Ning (born 1957) novelist and short story writer

W

Wang Anyi (born 1954) fiction writer
Wang Qinghui (1264–1288) poet
Wang Wei (1597–1647) poet
Wang Xufeng (born 1955) writer on tea and novelist
Wang Yun (1749–1819) poet and playwright
Yun Wang (born 1964) poet and cosmologist
Woeser (born 1966) blogger, poet and essayist
Wu Chuntao (born 1963) social writer
Wu Zao (1799–1862) poet
Wu Zetian (624=705) empress-regnant, poet and calligrapher
Madame Wu (13th century) cookbook writer

X

Xi Xi (1937-2022) novelist and poet
Xia Jia (born 1984) science fiction and fantasy writer
Xiao Hong (1911–1942) fiction writer and essayist
Xie Bingying (1906–2000) autobiographer
Xie Daoyun (4th Century) poet and scholar
Xin Fengxia (1927-1998) actress, author, artist
Xinran (born 1958) non-fiction writer
Empress Xu (1362–1407) author of Domestic Lessons, one of the Four Books for Women
Xu Hui (627–650) poet
Xu Kun (born 1965) postmodern fiction writer
Xu Yuan (c.1560-1620) poet
Xu Zihua (1873–1935) poet
Xue Susu (c.1564–c.1650) poet
Xue Tao (768–831) poet

Y

Yang Erche Namu (born 1966) social writer
Yang Gang (1905–1957) journalist, novelist and translator
Yang Hongying (born 1962) children's fiction writer
Yang Jiang (1911–2016) playwright, author and translator
Ting-Xing Ye (born 1952) author of young adult novels
Ye Yingchun (born 1970) commentator
Chia-ying Yeh (born 1924) poet and scholar
Lizzie Yu Der Ling (1885–1944), writer of several memoirs
Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), author of a memoir and a novella
Yu Xuanji (c.840–c.868) poet
Yun Zhu (1771-1833) poet, painter, moralist

Z

Zeng Baosun (1893–1978) historian
Zhai Yongming (born 1955) poet
Zhang Haidi (born 1955) writer and translator
Zhang Huaicun (born 1972) novelist, poet and children's writer
Zhang Jie (1937–2022) fiction writer
Zhang Kangkang (born 1950) fiction writer
Lijia Zhang (born 1964) commentator and public speaker
Zhang Ling (born 1957) fiction writer
Zhang Xinxin (born 1953) biographer and fiction writer
Zhang Yaotiao (fl. 9th Century) poet
Zhang Yueran (born 1982) fiction writer
Empress Zhangsun (601–636) essayist
Zhao Luanluan (fl. mid-14th Century) poet
Zhao Luorui (1912–1998) poet and translator
Zheng Min (1920–2022) scholar and poet
Zheng Yunduan (c.1327–1356) poet
Yilin Zhong (living) fiction writer and poet
Zhou Weihui (born 1973) novelist
Zhu Lin (born 1949) novelist
Zhu Shuzhen (c.1135–1180) poet
Zhuo Wenjun (fl. 2nd Century BCE) poet
Zong Pu (born 1928) writer and scholar
Zuo Fen (c.255–300) poet

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