He-Yin Zhen (ca. 1884-1920?) was a theorist who figured centrally in the birth of Chinese feminism. Unlike her contemporaries, she was concerned less with China's fate as a nation and more with the relationship among patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism, and gender subjugation as global historical problems. This volume, the first translation and study of He-Yin's work in English, critically reconstructs early twentieth-century Chinese feminist thought in a transnational context by juxtaposing He-Yin Zhen's writing against works by two better-known male interlocutors of her time.
The editors begin with a detailed analysis of He-Yin Zhen's life and thought. They then present annotated translations of six of her major essays, as well as two foundational tracts by her male contemporaries, Jin Tianhe (1874-1947) and Liang Qichao (1873–1929), to which He-Yin's work responds and with which it engages. Jin, a poet and educator, and Liang, a philosopher and journalist, understood feminism as a paternalistic cause that liberals like themselves should defend. He-Yin presents an alternative conception that draws upon anarchism and other radical trends. Ahead of her time, He-Yin Zhen complicates conventional accounts of feminism and China's history, offering original perspectives on sex, gender, labor, and power that remain relevant today.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Chinese Dynasties and a Note on Translation
- Introduction: Toward a Transnational Feminist Theory
- The Historical Context: Chinese Feminist Worlds at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
- He-Yin Zhen
- Biography
- “On the Question of Women’s Liberation”-He-Yin Zhen (1907)
- “On the Question of Women’s Labor”-He-Yin Zhen (1907)
- “Economic Revolution and Women’s Revolution”- He-Yin Zhen (1907)
- “On the Revenge of Women” Part 1: Instruments of Men’s Rule Over Women-He-Yin Zhen (1907)
- “On the Revenge of Women” Part 2: Atrocities of Men Against Women
- “On Feminist Antimilitarism”-He-Yin Zhen (1907)
- “The Feminist Manifesto”-He-Yin Zhen (1907)
- Liang Qichao
- Biography
- “On Women’s Education”-Liang Qichao (1897)
- Jin Tianhe
- Biography
- “The Women’s Bell”-Jin Tianhe (1903)
- Preface
- Part 1: Introduction
- Part 2: Women’s Morality
- Part 3: Women’s Character
- Part 4: Women’s Capabilities
- Part 5: Methods for Educating Women
- Part 6: The Rights of Women
- Part 7: Women’s Participation in Politics
- Part 8: On the Evolution of Marriage
- Part 9: Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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