About the author
Public information about Li Yu's life and nationality is limited, and detailed biographical facts cannot be confirmed at present. Judging from the works held in the collection, Li Yu's writing touches on literary appreciation, folk literature, and culture. Representative works include Qingzhong Pu (The Loyalty Register) and its upper and lower volumes, Zhan Huakui (The Courtesan's Tale, unannotated edition), and The Value of East Asia. In terms of subject matter, Qingzhong Pu and Zhan Huakui both draw on folk legends and theatrical traditions: the former follows the conflict between loyal officials and treacherous ones, while the latter centers on a love story in an urban setting. Both feature tight plots, vivid characters, and a language colored by popular literature, making them suitable for general readers and for appreciation. These works offer some reference value in the compilation and dissemination of folk literature and cultural reading materials, and they reflect the author's attention to traditional narrative resources.
Written (7)
Rating 3.5★ The Values of East Asia 吴志攀 / 李玉 Peking University Press · 2025 East Asian values are an enduring research topic. In an era when Western values became so-called "universal values" with the rise of the West, colonia… Rating 4.0★ Register of the Pure and Loyal 李玉 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are highly distinctive, and topi… Rating 3.8★ The Register of Pure Loyalty (Part One) 李玉 · 2024 Qingzhong Pu (The Register of Loyalty and Integrity), Part One Rating 3.8★ The Register of Pure Loyalty (Part Two) 李玉 · 2024 Qingzhong Pu (The Register of Loyalty and Integrity), Part Two Rating 4.0★ The Oil Vendor and the Top Courtesan (Unannotated Edition) 李玉 · 2015 In the last years of the Northern Song dynasty, Xin Yaoqin of the capital Bianjing flees from disaster and is deceived into Lin'an, where she sinks in… Rating 3.6★ Find Yourself Far Away 陈坤 / Bei Zhicheng / Liu Yu / 李玉 / Tan Weiwei / 周云蓬 / Zhu Zheqin / Ren Xiaowen / 水木丁 / 盛可以 Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2014 Find Yourself Far Away is the third volume in the "Walking" themed book series produced by Chen Kun and edited by Fei Yong, published in January 2014 … Rating 3.8★ The Value of East Asia 吴志攀 / 李玉 Peking University Press · 2010 The Value of East Asia is an interdisciplinary essay collection published by Peking University Press in 2010, edited by Wu Zhipan and Li Yu with Bao M…Publishers
Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing HousePeking University Press