Biography
Gu Taiqing was a poet of the Qing Dynasty.
She was of Manchu descent. Like several other women writers and poets, she had Shi Yunyu as a supporter. She was also a friend of Liang Desheng, a female writer of tan-ci.
Gu Taiqing wrote about the modern social reality. Her collection of poems is Poems Written in Tianyou Pavilion.