About the author
Public information about Yan Bo is quite limited; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are not clearly recorded. Judging from the fifteen works held in the collection, he is a popular author whose subjects range widely, spanning social fiction, otherworldly fantasy, and classic works. Representative titles include Underground Transport Station, Secret War, Wolf Mountain, The Male Secretary of the Female Municipal Party Secretary, Lock Picking, Utopia, 1943: The Great Gold Contest, and Pigeon King. These titles suggest two fairly clear strands: one focusing on realistic society, workplace and power relations, and the other leaning toward suspense, war and fantasy narratives, combining tense plots with popular readability. Given the lack of reliable biographical information, the full picture of his writing and its literary influence remain to be further examined, and readers may form their own understanding through the works themselves.
Written (16)
Rating 3.0★ Fineness 岩波 China Culture and History Press · 2026 A superb emerald-green jadeite archer's ring—confiscated from the He residence after Heshen's downfall and later used by the Jiaqing Emperor—fetches a… Rating 2.9★ The Stars Shine Bright Tonight 岩波 China Culture and History Press · 2026 This is a novel about how a village on the northern plains, guided by people of vision, finds its way to prosperity. The protagonist, a veteran of fiv… Rating 2.7★ The Divorced Man 岩波 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2026 Divorced Men Have Stories to Tell... As a divorced man, as a man who left Beijing for Yunnan to start a business, amid the countless hardships of buil… Rating 3.2★ The Republic 岩波 · 2023 In the early 1980s, a renowned university in northern China welcomed Professor Yang Jue, a "returnee" optics expert. He had three mixed-race triplet d… Rating 3.0★ Chinese in Toronto: Heartfelt Stories from Across the Ocean 岩波 · 2023 As one of countless Chinese literature enthusiasts, I have stayed for extended periods in Toronto, Canada, in recent years while visiting family. Havi… Rating 3.0★ Food, Drink, Men and Women 岩波 Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 This is a book about men and women in official institutions; a book that portrays both innocence and confusion; a book in which pursuit and desire, tr… Rating 2.8★ Dazzling Love in the Workplace 岩波 China Overseas Publishing House · 2023 Hot-blooded young man Ma Lin faces a string of dilemmas as a Beijing drifter: should he beat up the contractor who owes him wages? When promoted, shou… Rating 3.6★ Secret War 岩波 New World Press · 2021 Originally titled An Office Rivalry, the novel drew 70 million views online. A mysterious phone call shatters the calm of the municipal government com… Rating 3.1★ I Gave My Youth to You 岩波 China Culture and History Press · 2021 In the 1960s and 1970s, a fifty-year-old deputy division commander appears to fall in love with Xiao Linlin, an eighteen-year-old beautiful acrobat in… Rating 3.1★ 1943: The Great Gold War 岩波 Anhui People's Publishing House · 2021 After the July 7th Incident, Japanese forces occupied North China and moved into the Huanggangshan gold mine. With the outbreak of the Pacific War in … Rating 3.1★ Pigeon King 岩波 China Culture and History Press · 2021 This book gives a full account of the professional confusion and ascent of pigeon fanciers. When the protagonist faces multiple options, how should he… Rating 3.7★ The Underground Liaison Station 岩波 China Yanshi Press · 2017 Wartime Tianjin is a perilous place, and young underground Party member Liu Haitao works and maneuvers inside a collaborationist magazine. Watch how, … Rating 3.4★ The Female Municipal Party Secretary's Male Secretary 岩波 Yunnan People's Publishing House · 2017 The Male Secretary of the Female Party Secretary tells of how, in officialdom, the top post is one that sits in the eye of the storm, watched by count… Rating 3.5★ Wolf Mountain 岩波 China Culture and History Press · 2015 Six hundred years ago, during his 'sweep of the north' as the Prince of Yan, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, in a moment of desperation, killed a ferocious… Rating 3.4★ Unlocking 岩波 Chongqing Publishing House · 2014 How much can a single lock really do? When a reward of 1.8 million yuan is offered to anyone who can pick it, every kind of schemer comes out of the w… Rating 2.6★ The Great Gold War of 1943 岩波 Anhui People's Publishing House · 2013 The Great Gold War of 1943 is a full-length novel about the War of Resistance by author Yan Bo (real name Li Chongyuan). According to the publisher, t…Publishers
China Overseas Publishing HouseChina Culture and History PressChina Yanshi PressYunnan People's Publishing HouseBeijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Anhui People's Publishing HouseNew World PressBaihua Literature and Art Publishing HouseChongqing Publishing House