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He Zhen (c. 1884 – c. 1920, born He Ban) was a Chinese anarchist, feminist, and revolutionary.

Biography

He Zhen was born He Ban in Yizheng County, Jiangsu, around 1884. Her family had some wealth, and she was able to receive a traditional education and had extensive knowledge of classical Chinese literature. In 1903, she married Jiangsu native Liu Shipei, after his brother had previously married He's sister. Liu and He moved to Shanghai, where she studied at the Patriotic Women's School, a radical institution founded by Cai Yuanpei, Jiang Guanyun, and Huang Zongyang.

Fearing repression after writing anti-Manchu pamphlets, Liu and He fled to Japan in 1907. They initially lived with revolutionary and journalist Zhang Binglin in Tokyo. In Tokyo, they became acquainted with the Japanese anarchist movement, including prominent organizer Kōtoku Shūsui. Alongside the revolutionary Zhang Ji, Liu and He became the core figures of the nascent Tokyo group of Chinese anarchists.

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Works cited

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