About the author
Xue Zhou is a Chinese author who works in both creative writing and translation. Publicly available information about him is limited, and a systematic account of his life has yet to be disclosed. Judging from the eight titles held in the collection, his writing spans two directions. The first is the translation and introduction of foreign literature, such as Please Take Care of My Mother, The Familiar World, and One of Them Is a Lie, which tend to focus on family ties, everyday life, and suspenseful storytelling. The second is biographical writing for the "Stories of Chinese Sages" series, covering historical figures such as Gu Yanwu, Yan Zhenqing, and Yang Hu, and presenting their deeds in an accessible style. Youth Portraits (2 volumes) further shows his interest in coming-of-age themes. On the whole, Xue Zhou's writing balances literary quality with readability, and he has made sustained efforts both in bringing overseas works to Chinese readers and in popularizing Chinese history and culture.
Written (9)
Rating 4.4★ The Familiar World 黄皙暎 / 薛舟 Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · 2026 “People spend their money on whatever they like, use things up and throw them away—does that mean we're useless too, and that's why we've been dumped … Rating 4.0★ Portrait of Youth (Two Volumes) 李文烈 / 薛舟 Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · 2026 Twisted Hero After a change in his family circumstances, twelve-year-old Han Byeong-tae transfers from Seoul to a small-town elementary school. Within… Rating 3.7★ One of Them Is a Lie 金爱烂 / 薛舟 Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · 2026 Ji-woo's only family is a lizard, and his only talent is turning the things he cannot say into comics. Chae-un was once a soccer player; now all she w… Rating 4.3★ Please Take Good Care of My Mother 申京淑 / 薛舟 / 徐丽红 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025 To celebrate their elderly parents' birthdays, four siblings invite them to Seoul. At a Seoul subway station, their mother goes missing. Husband and c… Rating 4.0★ Gu Yanwu: Stories of Chinese Sages 薛舟 Zhonghua Book Company · 2023 Gu Yanwu was a renowned thinker of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. In the seventeenth century, when he lived, Western Europe was undergoing ea… Rating 3.7★ Collection of Stories of Legendary Chinese Sages 贾墨冰 / 薛舟 / 朱千华 Zhonghua Book Company · 2020 "Chinese Figures Story Collection" is a series of biographies spanning five thousand years of Chinese civilization—a collection of legends, portraits … Rating 3.5★ Yang Hu — Collection of Stories of Chinese Sages [Key Thematic Publication of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee for 2022] 薛舟 Zhonghua Book Company · 2020 Yang Hu was a renowned strategist, statesman, and man of letters of the Western Jin dynasty. He helped Jin conquer Wu and for over a decade was statio… Rating 3.7★ Yan Zhenqing (Collection of Stories of Chinese Sages) 薛舟 Zhonghua Book Company · 2019 Drawing on selected meaningful scenes from Yan Zhenqing's more than seventy years of life, this book seeks to present the whole through the parts, cov… Different Stories of Chinese History (6 Volumes) 薛舟 People's Literature Publishing House · 2017 Different Stories of Chinese History is a popular general history of China written by the poet and translator Xue Zhou (original name Song Shizhen) to…Publishers
Zhonghua Book CompanyPeople's Literature Publishing HouseBeijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Guowen Runhua Culture Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd.