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Qiao ying (Image in disguise) is a Qing-dynasty lyric drama set to music. The playwright was Wu Zao, courtesy name Pingxiang, style name Yushenzi, a native of Renhe (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang). She was born in the fourth year (1799) of the Jiaqing reign and died in the first year (1862) of the Tongzhi reign. A famous poet and writer of ci lyrics, Wu Zao was from a well-to-do merchant family. She was intelligent, sharp-minded, and excelled in poetry, painting, and music. Her lyrics were written in a bold and unconstrained ...