Feng Menglong, Zi Ziyi,no. Dongli, was a novelist and writer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Born in the forty-first year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (16 13), his ancestral home was Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and his ancestral home was Nan 'an, Fujian. My father is an official from Jinshi, and his family is well-off. Feng Menglong was smart and studious since he was a child, and he could write good handwriting at the age of ten. He studied in imperial academy, Nanjing, and later went to Beijing to study and become a writer.

Feng Menglong's thought

Feng Menglong is a thoughtful writer, and his novels reflect the social reality and people's life at that time. His works are full of humor and satire, exposing the dark side of society. His novels are full of reflections on human nature. He thinks that human nature is complex, with good and bad, but he pays more attention to goodness and justice in human nature.

Feng Menglong's works

Feng Menglong has many works, the most famous of which is Yu Shi Ming Yan. This novel is a masterpiece of his life, which contains forty stories. These stories exposed the dark side of society at that time in a humorous way, satirized the bureaucratic dignitaries at that time, and expressed his thoughts on human nature. This novel occupies an important position in the history of Ming and Qing novels, and is known as the "crown of Ming and Qing novels".

Feng Menglong's influence

Feng Menglong's works had a far-reaching influence on later literary creation. His works are full of humor and satire, exposing the dark side of society. This literary style was borrowed and developed by later writers. His works are also full of thoughts on human nature, and this view of human nature has also had an impact on later literary creation. His works are known as the "crown of novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties" and become classics in the history of novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties.