Yu Zhengxie
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Yu Zhengxie | |||
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![]() Yu Zhengxie in Portraits of Qing Dynasty Scholars (vol. 2, 1953; reprint ed., 2001) | |||
Born | 1775 Yi County, Anhui, Qing Dynasty | ||
Died | 1840 (aged 64–65) Jinling, Jiangsu | ||
Other names | Courtesy name: Li Chu (理初) | ||
Occupation | Philosopher, scholar, philologist, writer | ||
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Yu Zhengxie (1775–1840) was a Chinese male feminist[1] of the Qing Dynasty. He was a noted critic of foot binding, female infanticide, widow suicide, widow chastity,[2] and the double standard. A skilled philologist, Yü researched the history of language, which influenced his views on women. According to his interpretation, the Han historical texts supported an egalitarian view of marriage.
Further reading[]
- Brownell, Susan and Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. (2002). Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22116-8
- Ko, Dorothy (1995) Teachers of the Inner Chambers: Women and Culture in Seventeenth-Century China. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2359-1 [1]
- Zhengxie, Yu. (1833). "Jealousy is not a wicked behavior for a woman". Shanghai:Shangwu, reprint. ISBN 9787538259100
- Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
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Categories:
- Male feminists
- Chinese feminists
- 19th-century Chinese philosophers
- Qing dynasty essayists
- 1775 births
- 1840 deaths
- Philosophers from Anhui
- People from Huangshan
- Chinese philosopher stubs