Chen Tian
Chen Tian, also known as Tân Cheng-bûn, was a Taiwanese courtesan or t= and supporter of social movements in the Taiwanese resistance to Japanese rule. She was Chiang Wei-shui's concubine.
Life
Around 1919, Chen Tian was a t= in a high-end restaurant in Taihoku. While working there she met Chiang Wei-shui, one of the founders of the Taiwanese Cultural Association and, later, the Taiwanese People's Party. Chen married Chiang as a concubine. Chiang taught Chen how to read and write, and Chen began reading Chinese and Japanese books. Chen Tian joined the Taiwanese Cultural Association's Taipei Youth Reading Club. She was the club's only female member. Thereafter, Chen helped Chiang with his activism and, when Chiang was imprisoned, she supported him through correspondence, sending him clothes, books and articles by other activists, and also replaced him in lectures, giving speeches to promote his ideas.After Chiang died on August 5, 1931, of typhoid fever, Chen became a nun in the. She resided there until her death in 1986.