Yu Zhengxie | |||||||||
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 Yu Zhengxie in Portraits of Qing Dynasty Scholars (vol. 2, 1953; reprint ed., 2001) | |||||||||
| Born | 1775 | ||||||||
| Died | 1840 (aged 64–65) | ||||||||
| Other names | Courtesy name: Li Chu (理初) | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, scholar, philologist, writer | ||||||||
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Yu Zhengxie (1775–1840) was a Qing dynasty scholar from Yi county in modern-day Anhui province. Along with his philological work, he was a noted critic of foot binding, female infanticide, and the cult of widow chastity.[1]
- ^ Lu, Weijing (2008). True to Her Word: The Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 116.