About the author

Liu Chen: publicly available information is limited, and details of his life, such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background, are not clearly recorded. Judging from the four works held in the collection, his writing spans a remarkably wide range of subjects, touching on medicine, history, and literature. His representative work Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Biliary Tract Tumors indicates a certain professional medical knowledge and a focus on clinical issues related to biliary tract tumors, while Guochu Shiji and its variant under the traditional character title deal with historical events of the early Ming dynasty, reflecting an interest in organizing and narrating historical sources. The collection also classifies his works under Eastern philosophy, folk literature, and otherworldly fantasy, suggesting that his writing may encompass both traditional culture and popular literary creation. Overall, Liu Chen is a cross-disciplinary author whose full profile cannot yet be outlined from the available materials.

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Publishers

Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju)People's Medical Publishing HouseNanhai Publication Company