Her family's home was in Suining in Sichuan, but she often lived with her father, who was a high-ranking official of the Ming court.
[2] Many poems have been written in her name in which she admonishes Yang Shen for his irresponsible behavior in Yunnan, though it is possible that he wrote some of those as a parody on himself.
In 1983 AD, there was a Huang E Memorial Hall built at Gui Lake in Xingdu where several of her objects were left to be exhibited.
[4] An example of her poetry used to communicate with Yang Shen is Sent to My Husband:[5] "Wild geese have never flown as far as Hengyang"; How then will my embroidered words be carried all the way to Yongchang?
Like the willow's flowers by the end of spring, I am ill-fated indeed; In the mists of that alien land, you feel the pangs of despair.