Dong Qichang's wife is Yang Yunyou, whose name is Cheng Xiu, also known as Huilin, whose name is Yun Daoren and whose name is Lin Lifeng. Qiantang people were female painters and poets in the late Ming Dynasty. It is recorded that "poetry, calligraphy and painting are the three most famous in Xiling", "two kings of calligraphy", "Records of Ming Painting" and "History of Silent Poetry".
Cheng Xiu was twenty-two years old when he became Dong Qichang's wife. After their marriage to Dong Qichang, the two of them became good at playing the piano and playing the lute, and entered the legend of "Love in My Heart".