active 1804-1876 Zuiyueshanren

Zuiyueshanren, also listed as active 1804–1876, is the pen name attached to the Qing-dynasty Chinese novel 狐狸緣全傳 (Foxes' Love or The Complete Tale of Foxes' Affinity). Reliable catalog and library records consistently connect that name with this single known work.

The novel is a vernacular supernatural romance about the scholar Zhou Xin and the fox spirit Yumian Xiangu. Modern catalog descriptions and reference entries describe it as a Qing work adapted from the tanci story Qingshishan, with surviving editions from the Guangxu period, including an 1888 printed edition.

Beyond that, the author remains largely unknown. No trustworthy biographical sketch was easy to confirm, so it is safest to think of Zuiyueshanren as a shadowy literary name preserved through one memorable late-imperial Chinese fantasy novel rather than as a fully documented historical figure.