Feng Yuanjun was a writer and scholar of Chinese classical literature and literary history. She was married to fellow literary scholar Lu Kanru

Lu Kanru

Lu Kanru was a scholar of classical Chinese literature and a life-long collaborator of his wife Feng Yuanjun Like his wife, he worked at Shandong University for most of his career.-References:...

 with whom she coauthored several literary works.

Feng Yuanjun was born into a family of wealthy literati. She was educated at the Women's Higher Normal School in Beijing from 1917 to 1922 and participated in the May Fourth Movement

May Fourth Movement

The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially the Shandong Problem...

 during this time. After her graduation from the Women's School, she entered Peking University as a graduate student of classical Chinese literature. She graduated from Peking University with an M.A. degree in 1925. After that she held teaching appointments at Jinling University

University of Nanking

The University of Nanking was a private university in Nanjing, China. The University of Nanking was founded in 1888 and sponsored by American churches...

 in Nanjing and Zhongfa University in Beijing. In 1930, she was appointed as one of the first female professors at Peking University. From 1932 to 1935, she worked on a doctoral thesis on classical Chinese literature at the Universite de Paris in France. During the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...

, Feng Yuanjun and her husband Lu Kanru lived and worked in various location in southern and south-western China. After the war, she returned with Dongbei University to Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

. In 1946, she joined Shandong University

Shandong University

Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....

, then located in Qingdao

Qingdao

' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...

, and later moved with the university to Jinan

Jinan

Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...

. She held her appointment with Shandong University until the end of her career and eventually served as a vicepresident of the university. During the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

, she was prosecuted as a "reactionary scholar". She died of colon cancer in 1974, before the end of the Cultural Revolution.