老藤

Lao Teng is an author about whom relatively limited information is publicly available, and two of his works are currently included in the database. Judging from Chronicles of Plants and Trees and This Is Liaoning: Food, his writing spans two areas: social fiction and food. The former leans toward observing and narrating social life, while the latter focuses on the local cuisine of Liaoning from a regional-cultural perspective. The considerable distance between these two subjects shows that the author has tried his hand at both fictional narrative and the documentation of local customs. Because reliable biographical and creative-background materials are lacking, no further account can be given of his career, identity, or development as a writer; readers may turn to the works themselves to appreciate his choice of material and manner of expression in writing on social themes and introducing local food.