Silk Road Queer Alliance @srqa.bsky.social · Apr 16 Wu Zao (吳藻, 1799–1862) was one of the Qing Dynasty's greatest poets — a merchant's daughter from Hangzhou whom her teacher Chen Wenshu called "The Master of the Flower Screen." Her verses were sung across the empire.
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She also wrote love poetry to a courtesan named Qing-lin (青林). In it she described her jade ornaments chiming "like those of a celestial companion" and her desire to "possess you completely — Your jade body and your promised heart." (Rexroth & Ling Chung, trans., 1972)