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Xu Che is a Chinese author known for biographies of historical figures from China. Publicly available information about him is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. The six works held in the collection show that his writing focuses on important figures from the late Ming and Qing dynasties through the early Republic of China, including Nurhaci, Hong Taiji, Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor, Zhang Zuolin, and Li Yuanhong. These subjects range from founding rulers to late Qing rulers and Beiyang military and political figures. His works are generally classified as comprehensive biographies and historical readings, reflecting an approach that uses a person's life as the thread while also describing the historical background of the era. He tends to center on his subjects' political activities and life trajectories, writing in plain and readable language suitable for general readers interested in the history of the Ming-Qing transition and the Republican period. Overall, Xu Che is a writer of popular historical biographies.