高彦颐

Gao Yanyi is a scholar-author known in the field of overseas Chinese studies for her work on gender, culture, and history. Public information about her is limited, and her biographical details have not been fully disclosed. Six of her works are included in the collection, focusing on social science, culture, and history. Representative works include The Talented Women of the Jiangnan Region in the Late Ming and Early Qing: The Teachers of the Women's Quarters, Footbinding: The Rise and Fall of the Cult of the Golden Lotus, and History of the Inkstone: Artisans and Literati in Early Qing Society, as well as the women's series collection of the Overseas Chinese Studies Series. Her writing often starts from specific historical sources and material details, examining the interaction between women's culture, bodily concepts, and literati society. It combines scholarly rigor with readability and has had a certain influence among Chinese readers.