About Wu Tsao
Lived 1799 – 1862 (aged 62–63). Wu Tsao was a Chinese poet, writer and playwright.
Wu Zao (; 1799–1862) was a Chinese poet. She was also known as Wu Pinxiang and Yucenzi .
Background and career The daughter of a merchant, she was born in the town of Renhe (now Hangzhou) in Zhejiang province. She married a merchant Wu wrote an opera (zaju) Yinjiu du Sao (Reading the "Li Sao" While Drinking), Two collections of her works were published: Hualian ci (Flower curtain lyrics) and Xiangnan xuebei ci (Lyrics from South of the Fragrance and North of the Snows). She became a student of the poet Chen Wenshu. She was one of a number of early nineteenth-century women poets who wrote about the novel Dream of the Red Chamber.
Wu converted to Buddhism later in life.
Translations Several of her works have been translated into English, notably by Anthony Yu.
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Who was Wu Tsao?
Chinese poet
When was Wu Tsao born?
Wu Tsao was born in 1799.
When did Wu Tsao die?
Wu Tsao died in 1862.
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Wu Tsao was a poet, writer and playwright.
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Wu Tsao was Chinese.
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