Qiu Zhu, also known by her literary name "Duling Neishi", was active in the mid Qing dynasty. Originally from Taicang, she lived in Wu Jun. Bound by the tight ethic and moral restrictions of feudal society, women painters enjoyed no equality in politics, nor independence in economics or freedom in marriage. Their painting skills attracted hardly any attention. The simple and repetitive records about them only appeared in more specialized books. As far as we know, Qiu Zhu was daughter of Qiu Ying, one of the four greatest painters of Wumen School. She watched her father¡¯s artistic creation from childhood and gradually mastered painting techniques. Deeply influenced by Qiu Ying¡¯s style of fine brushwork and dark colors in figure painting, she was good at painting beautiful ladies with subtle details and bright colors and was free from conventions and impulsiveness in her creation.