Women & transmission
He Yanxin: a life told through Nüshu
A 2025 ethnographic book follows a practitioner’s life and the changes around her.
Academia Sinica published Fei-wen Liu’s Nüshu: Fieldwork and Life Narratives / He Yanxin—The Last Natural Inheritor in December 2025.
Hidden Letters: Hu Xin’s Nüshu handwriting.Jia Li / Independent Lens / KPBSSource · kpbs.orgIts introduction examines how fieldwork, preservation and contemporary transmission reshape the understanding of traditional Nüshu.
Hidden Letters: Hu Xin writing Nüshu.Jia Li / Independent Lens / KPBSSource · kpbs.org