Liang Sishun

The eldest daughter of the Chinese intellectual and political activist Liang Qichao, she is known for Yihengguan Cixuan (藝蘅館詞選), an anthology of Ci poetry that she compiled.

[5] The five volumes of the anthology contains 676 Ci ranging from the Tang dynasty to early 20th century copied from Liang Qichao's personal library.

[7] Scholars have highlighted the influence of the Changzhou School of Ci [zh] on Liang Sishun's anthology.

[4][6][5] The scholar Mizuyo Sudo mentioned that around 1915, Liang Sishun believed in wifehood and motherhood as proper social roles for women in Chinese society.

[8] Liang Sishun married Zhou Xizhe (周希哲), a diplomat and former student of her father.

Liang Sishun holding a child, c. 1910s. The caption reads: "Pioneering woman: portrait of Ms. Liang Lingxian, daughter of Liang Qichao , author of Yihengguan Cixuan and other works".