Wen Qing was a member of the Wen clan and Wen Ning's older sister. As part of the branch families, she is a descendant from the Wen Clan founder Wen Mao, although she does not belong to the Wen Clan's main clan. She was the greatest physician in the history of the Wen Clan and had a fairly high level of cultivation abilities.
When Jiang Cheng lost his Golden Core due to the Wen Clan, she helped to transfer Wei Wuxian's core to him, by Wei Wuxian's request. Due the downfall of the Wen Clan, as survivors she and her family were forced to work, at points to their deaths. After Wuxian liberated them and took their family branch under his wing, she relocated their family branch to the Burial Mounds. After the Qiongqi Massacre, in order to not burden Wuxian with the responsibility, she and Wen Ning (already the Ghost General) surrendered themselves. She was later burned to death, and her ashes scattered.