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Ying Tianqing is an author about whom little publicly available information exists. Three of his works are currently held in the library: Tianying: The Ying Brothers of Zhenjiang, Juyuan Yin (Chants of the Chrysanthemum Garden), and Xijin Xue (Snow at Xijin). Judging by their common classifications, his writing spans both prose miscellanies and social novels, combining personal and regional writing with narratives that engage social reality. Tianying: The Ying Brothers of Zhenjiang appears, from its title, to involve local figures or family narrative; Juyuan Yin leans toward the prose miscellany; and Xijin Xue may continue his social-novel direction. Since his dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and personal history cannot be confirmed, no inferences are made here. Overall, Ying Tianqing's output is small but crosses prose and social fiction, showing a certain range of subject matter. No systematic critical assessment of these works has yet appeared, and readers may learn more about his style and concerns by consulting the books themselves.