Qiu Jin

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• 漢俠女兒 别名、曾用名
• 玉姑 别名、曾用名
• 璿卿 字
• 碧城 字
• 秋俠 别名、曾用名
• 秋千 别名、曾用名
• 秋閏瑾 别名、曾用名
• 競雄 室名、別號
• 鑑湖女俠 室名、別號
• 鑒湖女俠 室名、別號

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• 詩人

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Citations

1. [1] Life dates, identity, and origins Qiu Jin is identified as a late-Qing revolutionary and poet who advocated women’s rights. Her birth year appears as 1875, 1877, or 1879, her death year as 1907, and her origins as Kuaiji or Shanyin in Zhejiang, with one account placing her birth in Xiamen.
   • CBDBQiu Jin (54478)These values identify Qiu Jin as a Qing-period poet born in 1875 and deceased in 1907, with Kuaiji as her basic native-place entry.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The profile and three biographical passages give the competing birth years 1879, 1875, and 1877, consistently give 1907 as the death year, identify her with Shanyin in Zhejiang, and describe her revolutionary and women’s-rights activities, including the Xiamen birthplace statement.
   • WikidataQiu Jin (Q465324)The item descriptions identify Qiu Jin as a late-Qing revolutionary, feminist, and writer born in 1875 and deceased in 1907; its date values also preserve 1879 and 1875-11-08 as birth dates and 1907-07-17 and 1907-07-15 as death dates.
2. [2] Names and sobriquets Qiu Jin’s courtesy name, alternative written form, sobriquets, original name, childhood name, and other aliases are preserved in several forms.
   • CBDBQiu Jin (54478)The names preserve Xuanqing, Bicheng, Jingxiong, Jianhunüxia, Hanxianüer, Yugu, Qiuxia, Qiuqian, and Qiu Runjin as alternative names or sobriquets.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The profile aliases and biographical passages give Xuanqing or Xuanqing in the alternative written form, Jingxiong, Jianhu Nüxia, Danwu, Hanxianüer, Gushu, Guijin, and Yugu, with the passages also distinguishing original name, courtesy name, and sobriquets.
   • WikidataQiu Jin (Q465324)The item’s alias data supplies the English forms Bicheng, Ch’iu Chin, Hanxianüer, Jianhunüxia, Jingxiong, Jiu Jin, Qiu Runjin, Qiuqian, Qiuxia, Xuanqing, and Yugu, as well as their Chinese counterparts.
3. [3] Family and marriage Qiu Jin’s father was Qiu Xinghou and her brother was Qiu Tong. She married Wang Tingjun in 1896, although Wang Zifang is also given as her husband’s name, and had a son and a daughter.
   • CBDBQiu Jin (54478)The kinship values name Qiu Xinghou as father, Qiu Tong as brother, Wang Zifang and Wang Tingjun as the two husband-name entries, and Wang Guifen and Wang Yuande as daughter and son.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The biographical passages describe her marriage to Wang Tingjun, including the Xiangtan gentry description and the 1896 date; the wording of the place is Xiangxiang in one passage and Xiangtan in another.
4. [4] Study in Japan and revolutionary work Qiu Jin went to Japan in 1904, ran the Baihua Bao, joined revolutionary associations, worked on the China Women’s Journal in Shanghai, headed Datong School, and prepared uprisings with Xu Xilin; the timing of her Restoration Society activity differs between the accounts.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The biographical passages confirm study in Japan, the Baihua Bao, the Hongmen Tiandihui, the Restoration Society, the Tongmenghui, anti-Qing activity, the China Women’s Journal, women’s rights, Datong School, and preparations with Xu Xilin; one passage places the Restoration Society in the 1905 return to China and another after the later return to Shaoxing.
5. [5] Arrest, execution, and burial After Xu Xilin’s failed Anqing uprising, Qiu Jin was arrested when an armed anti-Qing plot was exposed, with one account adding denunciation by an informer. She was executed at Xuantingkou in Shaoxing, with differing death-date values, and was buried in Hangzhou through the efforts of friends.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The biographical passages confirm the failed Anqing uprising, the exposed anti-Qing plot, arrest, denunciation, execution at Xuantingkou in Shaoxing, the calm manner of execution in one passage, and burial in Hangzhou; linked date values identify 1907 and the sixth day of the sixth month.
   • WikidataQiu Jin (Q465324)The date values give 1907-07-17 and a preferred 1907-07-15 as alternative death dates.
6. [6] Poetry and thought Qiu Jin’s poetry is described as vigorous and uninhibited, often revolutionary in subject, with another description comparing its manner to Gao Jianli striking the zhu. She rejected feudal ritual, advocated equality between men and women, identified with Hua Mulan and Qin Liangyu, practiced literary and martial arts, and wore men’s clothing.
   • CBDBQiu Jin (54478)The status value identifies Qiu Jin as a poet.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The passages describe the vigor and revolutionary content of her poetry, its comparison with Gao Jianli, and her rejection of feudal ritual, advocacy of equality, self-comparison with Hua Mulan and Qin Liangyu, chivalrous character, literary and martial training, and male dress.
7. [7] Works and compilations Later editors compiled 《秋瑾集》, which contains ci lyrics; other associated titles are 《秋瑾詩詞》, 《秋瑾女俠遺集》, and 《秋瑾史蹟》.
   • CBDBQiu Jin (54478)The title values list 《秋瑾詩詞》, 《秋瑾史蹟》, 《秋瑾女俠遺集》, and 《秋瑾集》.
   • Souyun秋瑾 (74934)The passages all mention 《秋瑾集》 and specify that it contains ci lyrics or was compiled by later people.
8. [8] Associations and posthumous writings Qiu Jin was a friend of Lü Bicheng; the listed preface writers are Shen Zhiying, Wang Canzhi, Wu Yuzhang, Guo Moruo, and Sun Yat-sen, the biographical writers are Wu Zhiying, Chen Qubing, and Tao Chengzhang, and Xu Zihua wrote the tomb inscription.
   • CBDBQiu Jin (54478)The relationship values identify Lü Bicheng as a friend; Shen Zhiying, Wang Canzhi, Wu Yuzhang, Guo Moruo, and Sun Yat-sen as associated with prefaces; Wu Zhiying, Chen Qubing, and Tao Chengzhang as biographical writers; and Xu Zihua as the writer of a tomb inscription.