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Zhuo Wenjun

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Zhuo Wenjun as depicted in the album Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀)

Zhuo Wenjun (Chinese: ; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Chinese poet of the Western Han dynasty. As a young widow, she eloped with the poet Sima Xiangru. The poem Baitou Yin (白頭吟, White-Haired Lament) which complains at the inconstancy of male love, is attributed to her.

Biography

Zhuo Wenjun was a lady from the Zhuo family, and her father was Zhuo Wangsun. She was widowed, but a poet named Sima Xiangru fell in love with her at first sight.

Portrait of Zhuo Wenjun, circa. 1772

She is portrayed by Park Si-yeon in the 2004 Chinese television series Feng Qiu Huang.

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