active 17th century Juqizi

Juqizi, also recorded with the Chinese name 菊畦子, is identified in library and public-domain catalog records as a writer active in the 17th century. The name is linked to Xing meng pian yan (醒夢駢言), a Chinese collection preserved in rare-book holdings and later digitized by projects such as Project Gutenberg.

The surviving records suggest that Juqizi may have used more than one literary name or courtesy-style alias, including forms such as Shoupuweng and Juqizhuren. Beyond those catalog traces, reliable biographical details are scarce, so even basic facts such as birth and death dates are not clearly established.

That lack of personal history is common for some early Chinese vernacular authors and compilers. What remains most meaningful for readers is the work itself: a window into the storytelling culture of the late Ming to early Qing period, where moral reflection, dream imagery, and short-form narrative all had an important place.