Chen Duansheng (1751-1796), was a Chinese poet and tanci novelist.
[1] At age 23 Chen Duansheng married Fan Tan, and they had a daughter and a son.
Fan Tan was later exiled for allegedly asking a substitute to take the imperial examination for him.
Chen Duansheng wrote 16 volumes with four chapters each of her magnum opus Zai sheng Yuan by 1770.
[2] After her mother died, Chen Duansheng did not write again until 1784 when she completed one more four chapter volume.