周大荒

Zhou Dahuang is an author about whom very little biographical information is publicly available; no clear records of nationality, dates of birth and death, or English name have been found, and three works are currently known. His writing is grounded in classical literature, with representative works including The Complete Three Kingdoms: The Anti-Three Kingdoms Romance and The Anti-Three Kingdoms Chronicle Romance. As the titles suggest, these works revolve around the history and figures of the Three Kingdoms, carrying a revisionist and rewriting impulse, and can be seen as re-creations of the traditional Three Kingdoms narrative. Such writing draws on the storytelling tradition of classical fiction while incorporating the imaginative treatment implied by categories such as otherworldly continent, and is often classified under classical literature and otherworldly continent. Because public information is limited, details of his life, the period of his writing, and the circulation of his works are difficult to describe; readers and researchers can only approach his choice of subject matter and narrative style through the works themselves.