Fan Ji (died in the 7th century BC), was the Queen consort of King Zhuang of Chu.[1][2]

She acted as the political adviser of her spouse, and has been portrayed as a positive role model for women in Chinese history. She was noted for her clever methods of demonstrating her opinions and convincing people to change.[3][4] In one famous story, she felt her husband was hunting too much, so she stopped eating meat, as a subtle reproach to him. He noted her actions, and ceased his inappropriate hunting.[5][6]

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  2. ^ Cheng, Wen-chien (2017-01-29). "The Pictorial Portrayal of Women and Didactic Messages in the Han and Six Dynasties". NAN NÜ. 19 (2): 155–212. doi:10.1163/15685268-00192P01. ISSN 1387-6805.
  3. ^ Schaab-Hanke, Dorothee (September 2022). "CAI YONG'S 蔡邕 READING OF THE ODES, AS SEEN FROM HIS QINCAO 琴操 AND HIS "QINGYI FU" 青衣賦". Early China. 45: 239–268. doi:10.1017/eac.2022.17. ISSN 0362-5028. S2CID 252988507.
  4. ^ Davis, Timothy M. (2015-01-01), "3 Mortuary Epigraphy Moves Underground", Entombed Epigraphy and Commemorative Culture in Early Medieval China, Brill, pp. 152–198, ISBN 978-90-04-30642-4, retrieved 2024-01-21
  5. ^ Wang, Ping; Williams, Nicholas Morrow (2015-01-01). Southern Identity and Southern Estrangement in Medieval Chinese Poetry. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8139-26-2.
  6. ^ Raphals, Lisa Ann; Raphals, Professor Lisa (1998-01-01). Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-3855-8.