About the author

Li Binsheng is an author about whom limited public information is available. Six of his works are currently included in the collection, focusing on folk literature, historical reading, culture, and literary appreciation. His representative works include Jianghu Congtan (Tales of the Jianghu) and the storytelling series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, such as The Turbulence of the Late Han, Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage, The Battle of Red Cliffs, Three Times Angering Zhou Yu, and Liu Bei Enters Sichuan. Judging from these works, Li Binsheng's writing draws on the expressive methods of traditional Chinese storytelling and folk narrative, unfolding the historical threads of the Three Kingdoms and tales of the jianghu in an accessible style that emphasizes storytelling and readability, making it suitable for general readers interested in the related history and culture. Because basic information such as his dates of birth and death, nationality, and personal experience is unavailable, his life background cannot be described in detail; only a brief account of his works' themes and writing orientation can be given.

Written (6)

Collected Talks on the Jianghu cover
Rating 4.5
Collected Talks on the Jianghu 连阔如 / 贾建国 / 连丽如 / 李滨声 Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 Jianghu congtan is a posthumous work by Mr. Lian Kuoru; in extensive detail it records and exposes the inner workings of jianghu trades in the late Qi…
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Part Seven: Liu Bei Enters Sichuan cover
Rating 4.0
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Part Seven: Liu Bei Enters Sichuan 连丽如 / 李滨声 Zhonghua Book Company · 2023 Lian Liru was born in 1942. A pingshu artist and a National First-Class Performer, she began studying pingshu under her father, Lian Kuoru, in 1960. A…
Pingshu: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (I): Turmoil at the End of the Han cover
Rating 3.8
Pingshu: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (I): Turmoil at the End of the Han 连丽如 / 李滨声 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This is a collection of the first part of <i>Romance of the Three Kingdoms</i> as performed by Lian Liru—a celebrated storyteller well past seventy—li…
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Part Six: Three Times Angering Zhou Yu cover
Rating 3.8
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Part Six: Three Times Angering Zhou Yu 连丽如 / 李滨声 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This is a transcribed live performance of Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Lian Liru, a celebrated storyteller now in her seventies, recorded at the X…
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Part Five: The Fierce Battle at Red Cliffs cover
Rating 4.0
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Part Five: The Fierce Battle at Red Cliffs 连丽如 / 李滨声 Zhonghua Book Company · 2020 This is the collected record of 30 storytelling sessions from the first part of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," performed live by Lian Liru, a renown…
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms (IV): Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage cover
Rating 3.9
Storytelling Romance of the Three Kingdoms (IV): Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage 连丽如 / 李滨声 Zhonghua Book Company · 2019 This volume contains 30 chapters of the storytelling classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, beginning with the Battle of Cangting and ending with the …

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Zhonghua Book Company