Meng Jialun is a Chinese author about whom limited public information is available; what is known is that his work falls within the general category of biography. His representative work is Peter the Great: The Founder of the Rise of the Russian Empire. Judging from the title, the book centers on the historical figure Peter the Great, narrating his life and times and examining his foundational role in the rise of the Russian Empire. The work combines biography with historical narrative and is aimed at readers interested in Russian history and the lives of rulers. Because verifiable information about the author himself is scarce, his educational background, writing career and other works cannot be confirmed at present. Based on the existing work, Meng Jialun's writing tends to take important historical figures as its point of entry and to set out their political and historical context.
