Liu Xiaochuan

Liu Xiaochuan, born in 1960 in Meishan, Sichuan, is a writer and a specialist in Su Shi and the wider San Su cultural tradition. He works at the Meishan San Su Culture Research Institute and formerly chaired the Meishan Writers Association. He has long written about classical Chinese literary figures, focusing especially on the lives and works of Su Shi, Li Bai, Bai Juyi and Lu Xun. His representative works include biographies of Su Dongpo, Li Bai: Nothing Less Than Obsessed, Liu Xiaochuan Reads Bai Juyi, and a multi-volume study of Lu Xun. Blending biography with literary appreciation, his writing combines historical research, close reading of poetry and vivid storytelling, and some critics regard him as a practitioner of innovation in biographical literature. Nine of his works are held in this collection, mostly in the categories of classical poetry, biography and literary appreciation.