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Jin Yucheng is a Chinese novelist and essayist. Public information about him is limited, and this database does not systematically record details of his life, education, or professional positions. It currently holds four of his works: the novel Blossoms, the nonfiction work Looking Back, the four-volume collection Family Letters, and the essay collection The Shuffling Era. Blossoms is his representative work, known for its Shanghai-inflected voice and street-level storytelling, and was adapted into a同名 television series starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, and Tang Yan. The Shuffling Era is regarded as a sourcebook for Blossoms, reflecting his long-standing attention to Shanghai's urban memory and everyday life. Looking Back leans toward documentary and biographical writing, while Family Letters presents personal and family records in epistolary form. Overall, Jin Yucheng's writing is often categorized as social fiction, documentary literature, and classic works, with a nuanced, restrained style and a strong sense of place and period.