Daoyun (道韞, c. 340-c. 410) was the **Eastern Jin Dynasty poet** — niece of the famous Prime Minister Xie An. **At a family snowfall gathering, when her uncle asked the assembled children what the falling snow looked like, she famously answered: "It is like willow catkins lifted in the wind"** — a metaphor that became the canonical literary image and earned her the nickname **"Mistress of Snow."** Featured in the *Shishuo Xinyu* (5th c.) and beloved as a model of female literary wit.
Featured in *Shishuo Xinyu* (5th c.).
Daoyun reduces to six — the number of Mistress of Snow.