| Nellie Yu Yü Roung Ling Princess Shou Shan Madame Dan Pao Tchao | |
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| Commandery princess of Qing dynasty | |
 Nellie Yu in Paris, 1900. | |
| Born | Nellie Yü Roung Ling 1882 Tientsin, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 16 January 1973 (aged 90–91) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Spouse | Dan Pao Tchao |
| Father | Yu Keng |
| Mother | Louisa Pierson |
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Nellie Yu Roung Ling (Chinese: 裕容齡; pinyin: Yù Rónglíng; Wade–Giles: Yü Jung-ling; 1882 – 16 January 1973), also spelt Nelly,[1] was a Hanjun Plain White bannerwoman and dancer, who is considered "the first modern dancer of China".[2] She was the younger daughter of Yu Keng and Louisa Pierson, the other one being Lizzie Yu Der Ling. Although not a member of the Qing imperial family, Roung Ling was given the title of "commandery princess" while serving as a lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi.[3]:268 She was also known as Yu Roon(g) Ling, especially in the works of her sister Der Ling.[3]:267 She was referred to as Madame Dan Pao Tchao after her marriage to the General Dan Pao Tchao (唐寳潮; 1887–1958), and Princess Shou Shan, a title appeared on the cover of her 1934 historical novella about the Fragrant Concubine (Hsiang Fei), a name Sir Reginald Johnston claimed she never used.[4]:xii
- ^ "Charles HSING-LING" (PDF). cdn.drouot.com (in French). 14 December 2020. p. 83. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
On a joué la comédie ; une pièce anglaise en trois actes a été même supérieurement interprétée par les filles de l'ambassadeur, Mlles Lizzie et Nelly Yu, et leurs frères, MM. John Shung-Ling et Charles Hsing-ling.
- ^ Witchard, Anne (15 October 2019). "Dancing Modern China". Modernism/modernity. 4 (3). doi:10.26597/mod.0130. S2CID 211657946. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ a b Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Lau, Clara; Stefanowska, A. D., eds. (17 July 2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911. Assisted by Wiles, Sue. Milton Park: Routledge. ISBN 9781317475880.
- ^ Hayter-Menzies, Grant (2008). Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling (PDF). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789622098817.