Yu Zhengxie

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.

Yu Zhengxie
兪正燮
other names
Yu Zhengxie in Portraits of Qing Dynasty Scholars (vol. 2, 1953; reprint ed., 2001)
Born1775 (1775) (246 years ago)
Yi County, Anhui
Died1840 (aged 64–65)
Jinling, Jiangsu
Nationality China
Other namesCourtesy name: Li Chu (理初)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu.

See also
  • 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
  • Zhengxie, Yu. (1833). "Jealousy is not a wicked behavior for a woman". Shanghai:Shangwu, reprint. ISBN 9787538259100

References
  1. Li, Chenyang (2000). The Sage and the Second Sex: Confucianism, Ethics, and Gender. Open Court. p. 195 Note 99.
  2. Lu, Weijing (2008). True to Her Word: The Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 116.


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