In Episode 24, Courtney and Eleanor chat about the life and work of renowned Chinese ci and shi poet, Gu Taiqing. Transcript coming soon!

Sources for this episode:

• The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History
• Wang, Yanning. Reverie and Reality : Poetry on Travel by Late Imperial Chinese Women.
• Geng, Changqin. Mirror, dream and shadow : Gu Taiqing's life and writings.
• Grant, Beata. "The Poetess and the Precept Master: a Selection of Daoist Poems by Gu Taiqing," in Text, Performance, and Gender in Chinese Literature and Music: Essays in Honor of Wilt Idema, edited by Michel Hockx, et al.,
• This video on the pronunciation of ci and shi

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