On the Life and Thoughts of the Woman Writer Zhang Lingyi in Tongcheng in the Qing Dynasty

Zhang Lingyi,born in an aristocratic family,was a talented woman in Tongcheng in the Qing Dynasty.Her life was devoted to literature.She experienced the changes from noble and luxurious life in early time to poverty in later days,from happy marriage to widowhood in her middle-age.Her life experience had significant influence on her literary creation: She honored elegance,respected ritual and morality,and highlighted freedom and simplicity.Her poems had distinctive value in the history of Chinese ancient women literature.