About the author

Tao Fu was a Ming-dynasty author whose biographical details are very limited in publicly available records; his native place, dates of birth and death, and official career are all unknown, making it difficult to sketch a complete life. Judging from the surviving works, Tao Fu is chiefly associated with classical-language fiction. His representative work, Huaying Ji (Collection of Flower Shadows), is a Ming-dynasty collection of stories that has come down to us in several collated editions, including an unannotated typeset version that allows readers to approach the original text directly. The collection tends to draw on ordinary people and everyday affairs, with concise narration and accessible language, showing the familiar blend of refined and popular features found in Ming classical-language fiction; it is often mentioned under the categories of classical literature and classic works. As scholarship on him remains limited, more details about Tao Fu and his book await further study, and readers may turn to the text of Huaying Ji to understand his basic writing style and the editing and transmission of the work.

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Publishers

Beijing Mingtianyuanhang Cultural Transmission Co., Ltd.Qunyan Publishing House