Li Boyuan

Li Boyuan (1867～1906) novelist and newspaperman. His original name was Baojia, also known as Baokai, his nickname was Kai, his courtesy name was Boyuan, his nickname was Nanting Pavilion Chang, and his pen names were Game Old Man, Acura Becomes a Layman, Erchun Layshi, etc. His ancestral home is Wujin, Jiangsu, and he was born in Shandong. He lost his father when he was young and lived with his uncle. In 1891, he returned to his hometown and won the first place in the imperial examination. He failed in the imperial examination and never took part in the imperial examination. In 1896, he brought his mother and wife to Shanghai. Founded "Game News" and "Prosperity News" in Shanghai to expose the darkness of society at that time and criticize bureaucracy, compradors and imperialism. "Prosperous Newspaper" serialized Li Boyuan's "The Appearance of Officialdom", Wu Jianren's "The Confused World", Liu E's "Lao Can's Travels", etc., which had a great influence. He wrote many books throughout his life, the most famous of which is the 60-chapter novel "The Appearance of Officialdom", which takes the bureaucracy of the late Qing Dynasty as the subject and profoundly exposes the dark society. "A Brief History of Civilization" is another important work of his, in addition to "The Story of Haitian Hongxue", "The Story of China Now", "The Story of Awakening the World", etc. He died of illness on April 9, 1906, at his residence in Yi Xinli, Main Street, Shanghai. ?

Wu Jianren (1866-1910), a novelist in the late Qing Dynasty. The courtesy name is Xiaoyun, also known as Cocoon Ren. His original name was Wo Yao, but later he was changed to Yanren, and he was from Nanhai. Because he lives in Foshan, he calls himself "I am from Foshan". At the age of 20, he moved to Shanghai, once lived in Shandong, and later traveled to Japan. After returning to Shanghai, he edited "Yueyue Novel" and ran Guangzhi Primary School. He wrote many novels, many of which exposed the dark and corrupt phenomena of the late Qing Dynasty's political society. His political leanings were close to those of the reformists, and he was a representative writer of modern condemnation novels. He is the author of "The Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years" and so on.

Liu E (1857--1909), a native of Jiangsu Province, was originally named Meng Peng and had the courtesy name Yunbo. Later, it was renamed E, with the courtesy name Tieyun and also the courtesy name. Don't be a trainee in Hongdu. In 1903, "Lao Can's Travels" was published. "The book is about the parade of Lao Can under the name Tieying. It records what he said, heard, heard, and described the scenery, which is sometimes impressive. The author's faith is reflected in it, and there are many attacks on officials." ". "Novel has always exposed the evil of corrupt officials, and some have exposed the evil of honest officials, starting from "Lao Can's Travels"." He became a famous novelist in modern my country. Liu E was also an accomplished epigrapher and published books such as "Tie Yun Hidden Turtle" (1903), "Tie Yun Hidden Pottery" (1904), "Tie Yun Hidden Sealing Mud" and other books.

Zeng Pu (1872-1935) was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. He was originally named Taipu, later changed to Mengpu, Xiaomu, and Zhai, and his pen name was the Sick Man of East Asia. Guangxu raised people. He once studied French at Tongwen Museum in Beijing. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he participated in the constitutional activities of Zhang Jian and others. He served as an aide to Duanfang, the governor of Liangjiang, and later served as an alternate governor of Zhejiang. In 1904 (the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), he founded the Shuolin Society in Shanghai and wrote the novel "Nie Hai Hua". The first five volumes and ten chapters were published the following year (the first six chapters were written by Jin Songcen and revised by Zeng), and have been published successively since then. At the same time, he was engaged in poetry and academic work, and wrote books such as "Complementary History of Later Han Calligraphy and Literature". After the Revolution of 1911, he joined the Communist Party of China and the Party and successively served as director of the Finance Department and the Government Affairs Department of Jiangsu. In 1927, he founded the True Beauty Bookstore in Shanghai, published the magazine "True Beauty", revised and continued "Nie Haihua", wrote the novel "Lu Man", and translated French novels such as "1993" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". script.