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Her father died when she was nine years old, while her mother lived to over 70 years old.
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Gao Yinxian
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She and Yang Huanyi, the last proficient speaker and writer of Nüshu, learned Nüshu at the same time for 3 years when she was young and a deep friendship was formed. She had one younger sister and four younger brothers. Her elder daughter was beaten to death by the Japanese during the war.
He is the head of Xinwu Village.
Gao Yinxian learned Nüshu when she was a girl. The elder is Gao Yinxian, the second is Lu Yueying (卢月英), the third is Lu Shuyi (卢树宜), the forth is Hu Cizhu (胡慈珠), the fifth is Gao Jinyue (高金月), the sixth is Ouyang Shanshan (欧阳姗姗) and the youngest is Tang Baozhen (唐宝珍).
At that time, Gao Yinxian was over 60 and Tang Baozhen was over 50. When Gao was in her later years, Tang was her closest friend.
Often, Gao would write Nüshu while Tang embroidered it the writing on handkerchieves.
When Lu Yueying died, Gao wrote Nüshu for her and the papers were buried with her. After Hu Cizhu died, she burned over ten books of Hu following Hu"s wish. Gao was sincere, hard-working and economical in her life.
She was skilled in embroidering and drawing.
She often knitted flowery bands with Nüshu as patterns. She was virtuous, kindly and never quarreled with others, for which she had very high prestige in the village.
Women turned to her whatever difficulty they met with. Many people even asked her to write Nüshu for them.
Gao was always willing to sing Nüshu for guests when asked.
Her spirits were low in later years. She could only write Nüshu with Yi Nianhua (义年华) to pour out her depression and sang Nüshu with Tang Baozhen for entertainment. During the last few years, Gao wrote hundreds of articles for investigators who came to research Nüshu.
