[1]Name and datesLing Zhiyuan was born in 1831 and died in 1852.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The main person entry gives the name Ling Zhiyuan and the years 1831 and 1852 as birth and death years.
WikidataLing Zhiyuan (Q45438643)The item uses Ling Zhiyuan as its English label and supplies time values for birth in 1831 and death in 1852.
[2]IdentityLing Zhiyuan was a woman writer of the Qing dynasty.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The main entry identifies her as a Qing woman and lists a poetic work among the titles associated with her.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The biographical entry places her in the Qing dynasty and describes her command of music, verse composition, and a poetry manuscript.
WikidataLing Zhiyuan (Q45438643)The item describes her as a person of the Qing dynasty and links her to the same person identifier.
[3]Variant nameHer name also appears in the form 淩祉媛.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)Both the profile and the biographical passage use the character form 淩祉媛.
[4]Romanized formsHer romanized forms include Chaiyuan and Zhiyuan.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The alternate-name entries supply the romanized forms Chaiyuan and Zhiyuan.
WikidataLing Zhiyuan (Q45438643)The name list likewise gives Chaiyuan and Zhiyuan as English aliases.
[5]Courtesy-name variantsHer courtesy name is given in two forms, 茝媛 and 茝沅, with the sources differing over which form is explicitly designated as the courtesy name.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The alternate-name entries mark 茝媛 as a courtesy name and list 茝沅 with no specified name type.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The profile and biographical passage explicitly give 茝沅 as the courtesy name.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The biographical passage calls her father 凌詠 and gives him the title 光祿寺署正.
[8]MarriageShe married Ding Bing, a Jiangsu 候補知縣 born in 1831 and deceased in 1899.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The kinship entry identifies 丁丙 as her husband and gives his birth year as 1831 and death year as 1899.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The biographical passage describes her as the wife of the Jiangsu 候補知縣 Ding Bing.
[9]KinshipHer maternal uncle was Zhu Cheng, her paternal uncle was Ling Yu, and her older sister was Ling Qiangyuan.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The kinship entries identify Zhu Cheng as maternal uncle, Ling Yu as paternal uncle or uncle, and Ling Qiangyuan as older sister.
[10]Early abilityShe was intelligent from birth, learned musical modes in childhood, and could compose verse.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The biographical passage calls her intelligent from birth, says she mastered music in childhood, and says she could compose verse.
[11]Care for her motherAfter marriage, she returned often to care for her mother, who suffered from wind illness and needed help with movement; when the illness became severe, she prayed to take her mother’s place.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The biographical passage says that after marriage she returned to nurse her mother during a wind illness that required assistance, and that she prayed to take her mother’s place when the illness worsened.
[12]DeathSoon afterward, her mother recovered, but Ling Zhiyuan died at the age of twenty-two.
Souyun淩祉媛 (66806)The biographical passage says that her mother soon recovered, while Ling Zhiyuan died at twenty-two.
[13]WorksHer works include 《翠螺閣詩稿》, and other associated titles give the listed titles and juan counts, including a ten-collection, one-hundred-work, one-hundred-juan compilation.
CBDBLing Zhiyuan (54880)The title entries list 《翠螺閣詩詞稾》 in five juan, 《舞鏡集》 in one, 《小檀欒室彙刻閨秀詞》 in ten collections and one hundred works and juan, and 《翠螺閣詞》 in one juan.
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