紫式部(约973-约1014),又称紫珠,和歌(日本诗歌,区别于汉诗)作者,中古三十六歌仙之一,《源氏物语》的作者。她本姓藤原,因其长兄任式部丞,而当时女子无名,多以其父兄的官衔称呼,以显身份,所以称为藤式部;后来因她写的人物紫姬出名,遂改称紫式部。 Violet Department (about 973 - about 1014), also known as purple beads, and song (Japanese poetry, different from the poem) author, one of the thirty-sixth song fairy, “Tale of Genji” author. Her name, Fujiwara, because of his eldest brother Ren Department Department Cheng, but when the unknown woman, mostly named in the title of his father and brother to show their identity, so called the rattan department; later because she wrote the character Zi Ji is famous, then renamed the purple Department .