Gu Hengbo
Gu Hengbo | |
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Born | Gu Mei 1619 |
Died | 1664 |
Nationality | Chinese |
Other names | Xu Mei Xu Zhizhu |
Occupation(s) | Yiji |
Title | Lady Hengbo |
Partner | Gong Dingzi |
Gu Mei (
Gu was famous for her beauty and talent within painting and poetry and counted among the elite of courtesans alongside
Life
Gu Mei was born near
Gu Mei also acted in kunqu as a male (sheng) impersonator. One of her roles was Zhou Yu (周羽) in Disciplining the Son (教子). The writer Yu Huai (余懷) recounted how after he had helped her when she ran afoul of the law, she offered to perform a stage drama for him on his birthday.[5]
She fell in love with one of her patrons, Liu Fang (劉芳), promised to marry him and to end her career as a Yiji. When she later changed her mind, Liu Fang committed suicide.[1]
One of her patrons, the career official
In 1659 Gu Mei gave birth to a daughter. Anxious to have a son, Gong Dingzi built a private
She was one of the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Lau & Stefanowska 2015.
- ^ Xu, Sufeng (February 2007). "Lotus Flowers Rising from the Dark Mud: Late Ming Yijis and Their Poetry" (PDF). core.ac.uk. McGill University. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Panel from Orchids and Rocks, Gu Mei, ca. 1644" (PDF). www.smithsonianofi.com. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Berg 2013, p. 89.
- ^ Wang Ning (王宁). "晚明金陵名妓度曲考" [A Study on Late-Ming Jinling Courtesans and Qu] (PDF) (in Chinese).
- ^ Mann 1997, p. 260.
- ^ Berg 2013, p. 117.
- ^ Berg & Starr 2007.
- ^ Wang & Shang 2005, p. 94.
- ^ *Xie 谢, Yongfang 永芳; Shi 施, Qin 琴 (2014). "像传题咏与经典重构———以《秦淮八艳图咏》为中心" [Acclaim for portraits and classical reconstruction: 'Qinhuai bayan tuyong' as the centre]. Zhongguo Wenhua Yanjiu (2): 180–188.
Bibliography
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- Berg, Daria; Starr, Chloe (2007). The Quest for Gentility in China: Negotiations Beyond Gender and Class. Routledge. ISBN 9781134077045.
- Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Lau, Clara; Stefanowska, A. D. (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911. Routledge. ISBN 9781317475873.
- Mann, Susan (1997). Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804727440.
- Wang, Dewei; Shang, Wei (2005). Dynastic Crisis and Cultural Innovation: From the Late Ming to the Late Qing and Beyond. Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 9780674017818.
- Zhang, Hongsheng [張宏生] (2002). "Gong Dingzi and the Courtesan Gu Mei: Their Romance and the Revival of the Song Lyric in the Ming-Qing Transition", in Hsiang Lectures on Chinese Poetry, Volume 2, Grace S. Fong, editor. (Montreal: Center for East Asian Research, McGill University).