叶平生

Publicly available information about Ye Pingsheng is limited, and details such as nationality and dates of birth and death cannot be confirmed. Even so, the four works held in the collection give a rough outline of his writing. At the center is the "Mo Wu Fei Gong" (Mo Martial Arts and Non-Aggression) series, comprising the three volumes "Drifting in Troubled Times," "Confucianism, Daoism and Gongshu," and "The Mohist School of Non-Aggression," along with a three-volume collection. The story is set in a framework of otherworldly continents and revolves around the Mohist ideal of fei gong, or non-aggression, while also touching on the intellectual clashes among Confucianism, Daoism and the Gongshu tradition. Classified among historical readings and classic works, the books reveal an author who uses fantasy narrative to carry traditional intellectual resources: the plots move forward as popular fiction, yet an interest in discussing the Mohist spirit is retained. Judging from the works available, Ye Pingsheng favors reworking the pre-Qin thinkers, balancing storytelling with a speculative bent; though few in number, the works share a fairly consistent thematic direction.