Background
She was the great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan, a Qing dynasty Chinese official who commanded the Xiang Army during the Taiping Rebellion. Zeng was born into a prominent family in Xiangxiang, Hunan Province.
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She was the great-granddaughter of Zeng Guofan, a Qing dynasty Chinese official who commanded the Xiang Army during the Taiping Rebellion. Zeng was born into a prominent family in Xiangxiang, Hunan Province.
At the age of 14, she studied at a girls" school in Shanghai before entering the Hangzhou Women"s Normal School.
Her great-grandfather was Zeng Guofan. Her feet were not bound and there was no early, arranged marriage. She then attended Blackheath High School in London, before entering Westfield College, graduating with a bachelor"s degree in 1916, thus becoming the first Chinese woman to receive the "Bachelor of Science degree with honors" from this college.
She received teacher"s training while at Oxford University and Cambridge University.
Zeng founded I Fang Girls’ Collegiate School in Changsha. She left China in 1949 to settle in Taiwan.
In 1953, she represented the Republic of China in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Self-described in her memoir as a "Confucian feminist", Zeng published her autobiography as well as women"s issues essays.
She served on the Board of Directors of Donghai University in Taizhong.
She died in Taiwan and was buried at Number. 1 Public Cemetery in Taipei.