Cai Wan

{{Short description|Chinese poet}}

Cai Wan (1695-1755), was a Chinese poet.{{Citation |last=Robertson |first=Maureen |title=7 Changing the Subject: Gender and Self-inscription in Authors' Prefaces and "Shi" Poetry |date=1997-04-01 |work=7 Changing the Subject: Gender and Self-inscription in Authors' Prefaces and "Shi" Poetry |pages=171–218 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780804765916-010/pdf?licenseType=restricted |access-date=2024-02-29 |publisher=Stanford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1515/9780804765916-010/pdf?licensetype=restricted |isbn=978-0-8047-6591-6}}{{Cite journal |last=Xu |first=Sufeng |date=2013-01-01 |title=Domesticating Romantic Love during the High Qing Classical Revival: The Poetic Exchanges between Wang Zhaoyuan (1763-1851) and Her Husband Hao Yixing (1757-1829) |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/nanu/15/2/article-p219_2.xml |journal=NAN NÜ |language=en |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=219–264 |doi=10.1163/15685268-0152P0002 |issn=1387-6805|url-access=subscription }}

She was the daughter of the noble official Cao Yurong and married to the cabinet minister Gao Quizhou.{{Cite web |last=Idema |first=Wilt L. |title=Poetry, Gender, and Ethnicity: Manchu and Mongol Women Poets in Beijing (1775-1875) |url=https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/parent/3j333670c/books/ng451n97x |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=escholarship.mcgill.ca}} She was educated within Confucianism, and published her own collection of poems.{{Cite book |last=Stefanowska |first=Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Clara Lau, A. D. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315706115/biographical-dictionary-chinese-women-1-qing-period-1644-1911-lily-xiao-hong-lee-stefanowska-clara-lau |title=Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911 |date=2016-06-11 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-70611-5 |location=New York |doi=10.4324/9781315706115/biographical-dictionary-chinese-women-1-qing-period-1644-1911-lily-xiao-hong-lee-stefanowska-clara-lau}} Cai Wan had an acknowledged influence as the adviser of her spouse, who reportedly confided his suggestions to her before introducing them to the government.