List of Chinese women writers

The following is a list of Chinese women writers.

B

 * Consort Ban (c. 48 – c. 6 BCE) scholar and poet
 * Ban Zhao (45 – c. 116) historian
 * Bao Junhui (fl. late 8th c. CE) poet
 * Bao Linghui (fl. c. 464 CE) poet
 * Anni Baobei (born 1974) novelist
 * Bing Xin (1900–1999) fiction and children's writer

C

 * Cai Yan (c. 178 – post 206) poet
 * Chang Ch'ung-ho (1914–2015) poet
 * Eileen Chang (1920–1995) novelist, essayist and screenwriter
 * Chen Jingrong (1917–1989) poet
 * Chen Danyan (born 1958) biographer
 * Chen Xiaocui (1902–1967), poet, novelist, painter
 * Chen Xuezhao (1906–1991) writer and commentator
 * Angelica Cheung (born 1966) fashion writer

D

 * Dai Houying (1938–1996) novelist
 * Ding Ling (1904–1986) fiction writer
 * Duan Shuqing (c. 1510 – c. 1600) poet

F

 * Fang Fang (born 1955) poet and novelist
 * Bu Feiyan (born 1981) novelist
 * Feng Yuanjun (1900–1974) scholar
 * Fu Shanxiang (1833–1864) scholar
 * Fu Tianlin (born 1946) poet

G

 * Gao Yu (born 1944) journalist
 * Gu Taiqing (1799 – c. 1877) poet
 * Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) poet

H

 * Han Lanying (died 493) scholar and writer
 * Hao Jingfang (born 1984) novelist
 * Hong Ying (born 1962) novelist and poet
 * Ganggang Hu Guidice (born 1984) writer and artist
 * Hu Lanqi (1901–1994) writer and military leader
 * Huang E (1498–1569) poet
 * Madame Huarui (c. 940–976) poet

J

 * Jiang Biwei (1899–1978) memoirist

K

 * Ke Yan (1929–2011) playwright, novelist and poet

L

 * Li Qingzhao (1084 – c. 1151) writer and poet
 * Li Ye (died 784) poet
 * Liang Desheng (1771–1847) poet and Four occupations
 * Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) architectural historian
 * Lin Zongsu (1878–1944) women's rights essayist
 * Ling Shuhua (1900–1990) modernist writer and painter
 * Liu Rushi (1618–1664) singer,poet and writer
 * Liu Ying (born 1974) novelist
 * Lü Bicheng (1883–1943) poet and commentator
 * Luo Luo (born 1982) novelist
 * Lüqiu Luwei (born 1969) journalist

M

 * Mian Mian (born 1970) fiction writer

P

 * Lynn Pan (born 1945) travel writer

Q

 * Qiu Jin (1875–1907) poet, essayist and political writer

R

 * Rao Xueman (born 1972) fiction writer, essayist and blogger
 * Ru Zhijuan (1925–1998) fiction writer

S

 * Shangguan Wan'er (c. 664–710) poet and writer
 * Shen Qing (living) fashion writer
 * Shen Rong (born 1936) fiction writer and essayist
 * Shen Shanbao (1808–1862) poet and writer
 * Shu Ting (born 1952) poet
 * Su Hui poet
 * Su Qing (1914–1982) essayist
 * Su Xiaoxiao (c. 479 – c. 501) poet
 * Su Xuelin (1897–1999) author and scholar

T

 * Tian Yuan (born 1985) singer-songwriter and novelist
 * Tie Ning (born 1957) novelist and short story writer

W

 * Wang Qinghui (1264–1288) poet
 * Wang Anyi (born 1954) fiction writer
 * Wang Wei (1597–1647) poet
 * Wang Xufeng (born 1955) writer on tea and novelist
 * Wang Yun (1749–1819) poet and playwright
 * Yun Wang (born 1964) poet
 * Woeser (born 1966) blogger, poet and essayist
 * Wu Chuntao (born 1963) social writer
 * Wu Zao (1799–1862) poet
 * Madame Wu (born 13th century) cookbook writer

X

 * Xi Xi (1937-2022) novelist and poet
 * Xia Jia (born 1984) science fiction and fantasy writer
 * Xiao Hong (1911–1942) fiction writer and essayist
 * Xie Bingying (1906–2000) autobiographer
 * Xie Daoyun poet and scholar
 * Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) (1362–1407)
 * Lady Xu Mu (fl. 7th c. BCE) poet
 * Xu Hui (627–650) poet
 * Xu Kun (born 1965) postmodern fiction writer
 * Xu Zihua (1873–1935) poet
 * Xue Susu (c. 1564 – c. 1650) poet
 * Xue Tao (768–831) poet
 * Xinran (born 1958) non-fiction writer

Y

 * Yang Erche Namu (born 1966) social writer
 * Yang Gang (1905–1957) journalist, novelist and translator
 * Yang Hongying (born 1962) children's fiction writer
 * Yang Jiang (1911–2016) playwright, author and translator
 * Lizzie Yu Der Ling (1885–1944), writer of several memoirs
 * Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), author of a memoir and a novella
 * Ting-Xing Ye (born 1952) author of young adult novels
 * Ye Yingchun (born 1970) commentator
 * Chia-ying Yeh (born 1924) poet and scholar
 * Yu Xuanji (c. 840 – c. 868) poet

Z

 * Zhai Yongming (born 1955) poet
 * Lijia Zhang (born 1964) commentator and public speaker
 * Zeng Baosun (1893–1978) historian
 * Zhang Haidi (born 1955) writer and translator
 * Zhang Huaicun (born 1972) novelist, poet and children's writer
 * Zhang Jie (1937–2022) fiction writer
 * Zhang Kangkang (born 1950) fiction writer
 * Zhang Ling (born 1957) fiction writer
 * Zhang Xinxin (born 1953) biographer and fiction writer
 * Zhang Yaotiao (fl. 9th c. CE) poet
 * Zhang Yueran (born 1982) fiction writer
 * Empress Zhangsun (601–636) essayist
 * Zhao Luanluan (fl. mid-14th c. CE) poet
 * Zhao Luorui (1912–1998) poet and translator
 * Zheng Min (1920–2022) scholar and poet
 * Zheng Yunduan (c. 1327–1356) poet
 * Yilin Zhong (living) fiction writer and poet
 * Zhou Weihui (born 1973) novelist
 * Zong Pu (born 1928) writer and scholar
 * Zhu Lin (born 1949) novelist
 * Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180) poet
 * Zhuo Wenjun (fl. 2nd c. BCE) poet
 * Zuo Fen (c. 255–300) poet