远人

Yuan Ren is a Chinese author whose works span a fairly wide range of subjects. Public information about the author is limited, and details such as birth year, birthplace and education cannot be verified. Nine of the author's works are held in the collection, falling under categories including classic works, otherworld fantasy, classical poetry and social fiction. Judging from titles such as Green Across the Hills at Dawn, Stars on the Roof and A Kind of Silence Murmuring, the writing often begins from natural imagery and inner feeling, with a lyrical and introspective tone. The Abyssal Wilds: Yu the Great, Lord of the Nine Provinces and Rainbow Through the Sun: Wu Zetian, Empress Through the Ages turn instead to historical subjects, drawing on ancient legend and a Tang-dynasty figure. Other titles, including rather trade a River of Moonlight, From the Vast to the Boundless and Watching Life's Clouds Roll By, show the author moving among different themes. Overall, Yuan Ren's work combines poetic expression with historical imagination, and its diversity of subject calls for more material before the style can be fully defined.