Zhao Luanluan

Zhao Luanluan , courtesy name Wenyuan , was a Chinese poet who lived during the Zhizheng reign (1341–1367), a chaotic period at the end of the Yuan dynasty. She is incorrectly included in the Quan Tangshi, a Qing dynasty anthology of Tang dynasty poems, whose compilers assumed that she was a prostitute because she composed some erotic poems.

Poetry The Qing dynasty compilers of the Quan Tangshi (Complete Collection of Tang Poetry) mistook Zhao Luanluan as a Tang dynasty poet and included her poems in the anthology. Moreover, they thought she was a prostitute working in Pingkang, the red light district of the Tang capital Chang'an, because some of her poems are erotic in nature.

Five of Zhao Luanluan's poems are extant, which are collectively called "Five Lyric Outcries from the Boudoir".

酥乳Succulent Breasts

粉香汗湿瑶琴轸A whiff of powder, damp with sweat, rare jade turning-pegs: 春逗酥融绵雨膏Aroused by spring, they glisten, gleam, sleek as silkfloss-rains. 浴罢檀郎扪弄处When, fresh from the bath, her sweet-scent lover teases with a touch, 灵华凉沁紫葡萄Those magical buds feel shivery-wet—those dusky-purple grapes!