The Intellectual Weight of the Tingqiu Studio Luo Qilan was a figure of significant intellectual agency during the Qing Dynasty, operating at the intersection of visual art and high poetry. Born in 1755 in the village of Juqu, in present-day Jurong, Jiangsu, her life was defined by a transition from the bustling artistic circles of Nanjing to the quietude of Dantu. After the death of her husband, Gong Shizhi, she did not retreat into…