About the author

A Fan is an author about whom little public information is available. Six works are known to date, spanning folk literature, classical literature, cultural popular science, and exam preparation. Representative titles include The Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Jokes, Ancient Chinese Joke Stories, Chinese Idioms and Allusions, Journey to the West, Iran: A Pearl on the Silk Road, and The Mystery of Aliens and UFOs. These works show that A Fan attends to folk and classical literary resources such as ancient Chinese jokes and idioms and allusions, while also exploring country-specific culture and popular science. The writing appears to focus on compilation, adaptation, and knowledge popularization for general readers, balancing entertainment with cultural common sense: the joke collections help present ancient folk humor, while the idiom and allusion works aid readers in understanding traditional language and culture. Since birth and death dates and nationality are unknown, further material is needed to fill in the author's personal background and creative context.

Written (6)

Iran: A Pearl on the Western Silk Road cover
Rating 3.2
Iran: A Pearl on the Western Silk Road 阿钒 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2026 To most people this is a country wrapped in mystery: beautiful women, deserts, oil… How could a land that once knew the glory and prosperity of the Pe…
The Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Jokes cover
Rating 4.0
The Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Jokes 阿钒 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017 Beyond their ability to make people laugh and ease awkward atmospheres, jokes have a deeper meaning. Jokes come from life, so they must be a reflectio…
Journey to the West cover
Rating 4.0
Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en / 阿钒 Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2017 This novel was written based on folk legends, and today we also call it a myth or a fairy tale. But if we read it as a fairy tale, then many classic f…
The Mystery of Aliens and UFOs cover
Rating 2.9
The Mystery of Aliens and UFOs 阿钒 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2017 The humans living on this tiny Earth may not be the only highly intelligent life in the vast universe. Earth carries humanity on a long journey throug…
Chinese Idioms and Their Allusions cover
Rating 4.0
Chinese Idioms and Their Allusions 阿钒 Northern China Women & Children Publishing House · 2015 This series selects more than 400 of the most familiar Chinese idioms. Accessible and engaging writing helps readers grasp the true meaning of each id…
Ancient Chinese Joke Stories cover
Rating 3.9
Ancient Chinese Joke Stories 阿钒 Northern China Women & Children Publishing House · 2015 As a distinctive form of folk literature, the joke occupies an important place in China's ancient cultural heritage, embodying a cultural humor and ve…

Publishers

Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Northern China Women & Children Publishing HouseJilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd.