Xi MuRong is a writer and painter originally from China. She is most famous for her poetry, especially the collections Qi li xiang (Seven-li scent) and Wuyuan de qingchun (Unregrettable Youth).

Personal life

Xi was born in 1943 in China. She moved with her family to Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 in 1949 and then to Taiwan in 1955. Her grandmother is a royal princess.

Xi attended the Royal Academy for Science and the Arts

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 in Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

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. Subsequently she became a teacher of painting in Taiwan.