Yi Mei is an author about whom limited public information is available. Two works by this author are currently included in the collection, with The Broken String (Juexian) and Loquats in the Courtyard (Ting You Pipa) as representative titles. Judging from the existing categories, the writing spans social fiction and time-travel alternate-history fiction, suggesting an interest in drawing on and developing different narrative frameworks: on the one hand, engaging with human relations and circumstances in realistic social settings; on the other, unfolding imagination through time-travel and alternate-world premises. As no clear records of biography, nationality, or dates of birth and death have been found, it is not yet possible to outline the author's life or creative development, and only a brief summary of thematic concerns can be offered. Overall, Yi Mei's body of work remains small, and its profile awaits further materials and texts; readers may come to know the author's narrative orientation and focal concerns through The Broken String and Loquats in the Courtyard.
