Zeng Baosun

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zeng.
Zeng Baosun
曾寶蓀
Hunan Province
Died27 July 1978(1978-07-27) (aged 85)
Taiwan
Resting placeNo. 1 Public Cemetery, Taipei
NationalityChinese
Occupation(s)Feminist, historian, Christian education

Zeng Baosun or Tseng Pao Swen (Chinese: 曾寶蓀; 9 March 1893 – 27 July 1978) was a Chinese feminist, historian, and Christian educator.

Biography

Zeng was born into a prominent family in

Hunan Province, and was the great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan,[1] a Qing dynasty Chinese official who commanded the Xiang Army during the Taiping Rebellion. Her feet were not bound and there was no early, arranged marriage.[2]

At the age of 14, she studied at a girls' school in

Cambridge University.[2]

Zeng founded I Fang Girls' Collegiate School in

Republic of China in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[5] Self-described in her memoir as a "Confucian feminist", Zeng published her autobiography as well as women's issues essays. She served on the Board of Directors of Tunghai University in Taichung.[6]

She died in Taiwan and was buried at No. 1 Public Cemetery in Taipei.[6]

Works

  • Tseng, P. S. (October 1917). "China's Women and Their Position in the Church". Church Missionary Review. 48: 372–376.
  • Tseng, P. S. (July 1928). "Christianity and Women as Seen at the Jerusalem Meeting". Chinese Recorder. 59: 443.
  • Tseng, Pao-sun (2015) [1931]. "The Chinese Woman Past and Present". In Li, Yu-ning (ed.). Chinese Women Through Chinese Eyes. Routledge. pp. 72–86.
    ISBN 978-1-317-47471-5
    .
  • Tseng, P. S. (October 1935). "Christianity and War". Chinese Recorder. 66: 265–276.
  • Zeng, Baosun (2002). Confucian Feminist: Memoirs of Zeng Baosun (1893-1978). Translated by Kennedy, Thomas L. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.
    ISBN 978-0-87169-921-3
    .

References

  1. ISBN 978-90-04-11430-2
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  2. ^ a b c Zhao, Liangfeng (6 December 2012). "A Pioneer in Women's Education". Women of China. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Zeng, Baosun 曾寶蓀 (1893-1978)". Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ISBN 978-0-87169-921-3
    .
  5. ^ "Pao Swen Tseng, Westfield College alumna". Queen Mary, University of London. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Zeng Baosun (1893—1978)". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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