She was born into a landed family in Huzhou, which is likely considered as a descendant of the high-ranking WuXing official Guan Zhong. Guan was an exception kids in her family and well educated in her youth, where she grew up on her family's ancestral lands, nicknamed "The Roost of the Esteemed." Her father thought very highly of her, seeing her as an exceptional child as soon as she was born; hence the name Guan Daosheng, translating to "Way of Righteousness Rising as the Sun".