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Gu Taiqing (Chinese: 顧太清; Pinyin: Gù Tàiqīng; 1799 – c. 1877) was one of the top-ranked women poets of the Qing Dynasty. She is especially known for her ci poetry and for her sequel to the novel Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber). One scholar estimates that there are as many as 1,163 surviving poems written by Gu.[1]

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Life

She was descended from Manchu family from the Silin-Gioro (西林覺羅 Xilin Jueluo) clan.[2] There had been some debate as to whether or not she was of Manchu descent. It had been claimed that she was born into a banner family named Gu and took on Manchu identity after her marriage to Aisin-Gioro Yihui 奕会 (1799-1838), a Manchu prince. Other scholars claim that the confusion about her identity is an attempt to obscure her family's descent from E-er-tai, a Manchu grand secretary disgraced (and forced to commit suicide) during one of Qianlong's literary inquisitions.[3]

Her marriage to Yihui seems to have been a happy one, despite the fact that she had the status of concubine rather than primary princess consort (Yihui's princess consort was Lady Hešeri). She had five children—three sons and two daughters. Yihui also had children with his primary wife, who died early. Gu's life was thrown into turmoil when her husband died in 1838. Yihui's family forced her and her children out of their Beijing home. The reasons for their hostility are unclear, but a rumored affair between Gu Taiqing and Gong Zichen may have been part of the story. During this period of poverty she may have sustained her family by selling jewelry and artwork.[4]

After the death of her husband, Gu's circle of female friends, including the Xu sisters Yunlin and Yunjiang and Shen Shanbao, who was her sworn sister,[5] became even more important to her, both emotionally and as a source of creative inspiration.[6]

Work

Gu Taiqing was the author of a sequel to Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber), entitled Honglou meng ying (紅樓夢影 Dream Shadows of the Red Chamber).[7]

Gu Taiqing's poems exist in a number of modern editions. Translations of individual poems have been made by Ellen Widmer;[8] David McCraw, Grace S. Fong and Irving Yucheng Lo;[9] Yanning Wang;[10] and Wilt Idema and Beata Grant.[11]

References

Further reading

• Beata Grant, "The Poetess and the Precept Master: A Selection of Daoist Poems by Gu Taiqing" in M. van Crevil, T.Y. Tan and M.Hockx, (eds.) Text, Performance, and Gender in Chinese Literature and Music: Essays in Honor of Wilt Idema. Leiden: Brill, 2009, pp. 325–339.
• Wang Yanning, "A Manchu Female Poet's Oneiric and Poetic Worlds: Gu Taiqing's (1799-1877) Dream Poems," Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies. 3(2)1-22
• Ellen Widmer,The Beauty and the Book: Women and Fiction on Nineteenth-Century China. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006, especially chapter 6.
• Geng Changqin, "Mirror, Dream and Shadow: Gu Taiqing's Life and Writings" PhD dissertation, University of Hawai'i 2012.
• Jennifer Chow. "Sequels to honglou meng : how Gu Taiqing continues the story in Honglou meng ying."  PhD dissertation, University of British Columbia, 2012.
  • "An Introduction to Modern Chinese Female Literature", last accessed June 9, 2007

External links

• Composed at Random by Gu Taiqing
• Chinese text of some of her poems at the Ming-Qing Women's Writings database

На других языках

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- [en] Gu Taiqing

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[es] Gu Taiqing

Gu Taiqing (1799-1877)[1] nació en el seno de una familia manchú acomodada (clan Xilin Jueluo) y es considerada como una de las mejores poetas de la dinastía Qing, cuya propiedad intelectual asciende a 1000 escritos, según distintos estudios. Algunos han sido traducidos en ediciones modernas por autores como David McCraw, Grace S. Fong, Irving Yucheng Lo o la propia Widmer. Es concretamente conocida por ser la autora real de Sueño en el pabellón rojo (Honglou meng).

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[fr] Gu Taiqing

Gu Taiqing (chinois : 顾太清; Pinyin: Gù Tàiqīng) née en 1799, et morte vers 1877, est une femme de lettres de la dynastie Qing.

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