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51:; 627–650) was a female Chinese poet, "the first of all women poets of the Tang, an individual scarcely even noted in traditional literary history... but the only one of the thirty-plus 'empresses and consorts'...given biographies in the official Tang histories to have any of her own writings quoted there." 85:
Xu Hui is one of China's outstanding early female poets, and is believed to have written around one thousand poems, but only five survive today, including the well-known "Regret in Changmen Palace" on the popular Tang dynasty topic of the neglected or abandoned lady. The poem refers to a specific
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Tradition holds that on the Emperor Taizong's death, she became ill from grief, and died the following year. Taizong's successor
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Paul W. Kroll, "The Life and Writings of Xu Hui (627-650), Worthy Consort, at the Early Tang Court" in
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historical incident when the Emperor Han Wudi's empress was "sequestered in the Tall Gate (
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Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
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Xu Hui was the child prodigy daughter of Xu Xiaode, from Changcheng in
104:    These letters and poems of long ago? Despised! 98:    I know my place, take leave of your palanquin. 100:    Hold in my feelings, weep for a cast-off fan. 96:    But now you dote upon her Bright Yang Palace. 55: 94:    You used to love my Cypress Rafter Terrace, 108:    Hard to offer water that's been spilled. 77: 71: 164:, Third Series, Vol. 22 No. 2 (2009), pp. 35–64. 62:province). She became a minor consort to the 8: 197:, Stanford University Press, 1999, pp. 52-54 116:posthumously honored her with the title 153: 181: 179: 137:in the 2014 Chinese television series 185:Jeanne Larsen, 'Xu Hui (627-50)', in 7: 14: 247:7th-century Chinese women writers 257:Tang dynasty imperial consorts 1: 78: 72: 293: 32: 15: 267:7th-century Chinese poets 48: 33:Not to be confused with 277:Emperor Taizong of Tang 68:Emperor Taizong of Tang 140:The Empress of China 272:Poets from Zhejiang 262:Chinese women poets 252:Writers from Huzhou 66:'s second emperor, 232:Tang dynasty poets 284: 216: 213: 207: 204: 198: 187:Kang-i Sun Chang 183: 174: 171: 165: 158: 81: 75: 50: 292: 291: 287: 286: 285: 283: 282: 281: 222: 221: 220: 219: 214: 210: 205: 201: 184: 177: 172: 168: 159: 155: 150: 130: 110: 107: 105: 103: 101: 99: 97: 95: 38: 31: 12: 11: 5: 290: 288: 280: 279: 274: 269: 264: 259: 254: 249: 244: 239: 234: 224: 223: 218: 217: 208: 199: 175: 166: 152: 151: 149: 146: 145: 144: 129: 126: 92: 35:Xuhui District 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 289: 278: 275: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 243: 240: 238: 235: 233: 230: 229: 227: 215:Kroll, p. 62. 212: 209: 203: 200: 196: 192: 188: 182: 180: 176: 170: 167: 163: 157: 154: 147: 142: 141: 136: 133:Portrayed by 132: 131: 127: 125: 123: 119: 115: 109: 91: 89: 83: 80: 74: 69: 65: 61: 57: 52: 46: 42: 36: 29: 28: 23: 19: 211: 206:Kroll, p. 42 202: 194: 169: 161: 156: 138: 135:Janine Chang 117: 111: 93: 87: 84: 64:Tang dynasty 53: 40: 39: 25: 18:Chinese name 191:Haun Saussy 173:Kroll, p 38 58:(in modern 22:family name 242:650 deaths 237:627 births 226:Categories 162:Asia Major 148:References 79:Chongrong 122:Zhaoling 88:changmen 60:Zhejiang 16:In this 193:, ed., 118:Xianfei 114:Gaozong 82:, 充容). 45:Chinese 73:cairen 56:Huzhou 47:: 41:Xu Hui 20:, the 128:Media 189:and 24:is 228:: 178:^ 124:. 49:徐惠 27:Xu 143:. 43:( 37:. 30:.

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Chinese name
family name
Xu
Xuhui District
Chinese
Huzhou
Zhejiang
Tang dynasty
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Gaozong
Zhaoling
Janine Chang
The Empress of China


Kang-i Sun Chang
Haun Saussy
Categories
Tang dynasty poets
627 births
650 deaths
7th-century Chinese women writers
Writers from Huzhou
Tang dynasty imperial consorts
Chinese women poets
7th-century Chinese poets
Poets from Zhejiang
Emperor Taizong of Tang

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