Yu Zhengxie
Yu Zhengxie (1775–1840) was a Chinese male feminist[1] of the Qing Dynasty. He was a noted critic of foot binding, female infanticide, widow suicide, widow chastity,[2] and the double standard. A skilled philologist, Yü researched the history of language, which influenced his views on women. According to his interpretation, the Han historical texts supported an egalitarian view of marriage.
Yu Zhengxie | |||||||||
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 Yu Zhengxie in Portraits of Qing Dynasty Scholars (vol. 2, 1953; reprint ed., 2001) | |||||||||
| Born | 1775 | ||||||||
| Died | 1840 (aged 64–65) | ||||||||
| Other names | Courtesy name: Li Chu (理初) | ||||||||
| Occupation | Philosopher, scholar, philologist, writer | ||||||||
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Further reading
- Brownell, Susan and Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. (2002). Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22116-8
- Ko, Dorothy (1995) Teachers of the Inner Chambers: Women and Culture in Seventeenth-Century China. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2359-1
- Zhengxie, Yu. (1833). "Jealousy is not a wicked behavior for a woman". Shanghai:Shangwu, reprint. ISBN 9787538259100
- Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
References
- Li, Chenyang (2000). The Sage and the Second Sex: Confucianism, Ethics, and Gender. Open Court. p. 195 Note 99.
- Lu, Weijing (2008). True to Her Word: The Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 116.
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