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Yang Huanyi 阳焕宜 | |
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| Born | c. 1909 Jiangyong County, Hunan |
| Died | 20 September 2004 (age 96-98) Jiangyong County, Hunan |
Yang Huanyi (simplified Chinese: 阳焕宜; traditional Chinese: 陽煥宜; pinyin: Yáng Huànyí; c. 1909 – 20 September 2004), a resident of Jiangyong County, Hunan province, was known as the last proficient speaker and writer of Nüshu script (women's writing). Many people believe the language originated in Jiangyong County. She was the last person who could natively recognize, read and write Nüshu.
When she was young, Yang learned Nüshu together with Gao Yinxian, the eldest of the seven sworn sisters who were the most authoritative speakers and writers of the female-only language, for three years.[1] Before Yang got married, she and Gao already had become close friends. They cultivated a true and deep friendship and often corresponded with each other by Nüshu.
Yang attended the National Academic Research Seminar of Nüshu in 1991 and the World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. Her works about Nüshu have been collected by Zhao Liming, a professor of Tsinghua University and they were published in 2004.[2] Jiangyong County offered Yang's living expenses and employed a maid to take care of her daily life with the purpose of rescuing and preserving Nüshu.[3]
- ^ "Last inheritress of China's female-specific languages dies". Xinhua News Agency. 23 September 2003. Archived from the original on September 24, 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
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