Zhuo Wenjun

Portrait of Zhuo Wenjun, circa. 1772

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhuo.

Zhuo Wenjun (Chinese: 卓文君; 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, Song of White Hairs) which complains at the inconstancy of male love, is attributed to her.

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

References

Cultural China: Legends about Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun

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