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Yan Zhen is a Chinese author whose public biographical information, including his nationality and personal history, is limited. What can be confirmed is that he is known for writing social fiction. Two of his works are included here: Canglang zhi Shui and Ruhe Shi Hao. Judging from their subject matter and classification, his writing tends to focus on the circumstances and choices of people in contemporary social life, showing a strong concern for reality. His works often take the everyday experiences of intellectuals or ordinary people as their starting point, presenting the tension between ideals and reality, with plain language and attention to characters' inner lives. Although the available material is insufficient to give a complete account of his life, these two works show that Yan Zhen writes about individual confusion, compromise, and persistence against the background of social change, which is why he is classified as a writer of social fiction and valued by readers interested in realistic themes.