雪樵主人

Xueqiao Zhuren is an author of traditional popular fiction about whom very little is publicly known; his real name, native place, and dates of birth and death have not been clearly recorded, so his life story cannot be reconstructed. Extant works under this name number six titles, all centered on the story of Shuang Feng Qi Yuan (A Tale of Two Phoenixes), including the main text, its four separately issued volumes, and a four-volume boxed set. Classified under classical literature and classic works, these writings belong chiefly to the traditional chapter-novel genre, treating the joys and sorrows of scholar-and-beauty romance with detailed plotting and a plain, storytelling-style language. Because the name itself resembles a literati sobriquet ending in "Zhuren" (master), the author may have been a folk novelist or publishing-house writer of the Ming or Qing period. Though his biography remains obscure, his works still offer useful texts for the study of early popular narrative.