He Zhen (anarchist)

He-Yin Zhen
何殷震
He Zhen and Liu Shipei
Born
He Ban

1884 (1884)
Died1920(1920-00-00) (aged 35–36)
NationalityChinese
Other namesXiao Qi
OccupationWriter
Notable workOn the Question of Women's Liberation
SpouseLiu Shipei
EraModern
RegionChinese
School
LanguageChinese
Chinese name
Chinese何殷震
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéyīn Zhèn
Wade–Gilesho2 yin1 zhen4
Tongyong PinyinHéyīn Jhèn
IPA[xɤ̌.ín ʈʂə̂n]

He-Yin Zhen (Chinese: 何殷震; pinyin: Héyīn Zhèn, c. 1884 – c. 1920) was an early 20th-century Chinese feminist and anarchist.

She was born as He Ban in Yizheng, Jiangsu, but she took the name He Zhen (何震, He "Thunderclap") when she married the noted scholar Liu Shipei in 1903. Despite this, she signed her published writings as He-Yin Zhen (何殷震) to include her mother's maiden name. She published a number of strong attacks in anarchist journals on male social power, arguing that society could not be free without the liberation of women.[1]