active 873-910 Mei Huangfu

Active in the late ninth and early tenth centuries, Huangfu Mei was a Chinese writer and official of the Tang period. Available sources place him in office during the 870s and connect him with the years around 873–910, which is why library records often list him as "active 873–910."

He is chiefly known for Shanshui Xiaodu ("Small Records of Mountains and Waters"), a collection associated with late Tang zhiguai and anecdotal writing. The work gathers short pieces that mix unusual events, travel scenes, local lore, and supernatural elements, giving modern readers a feel for the literary imagination of the time.

Some biographical details remain uncertain, and modern information about him is scattered rather than full. Even so, the record that survives shows a writer remembered less for a long official career than for preserving lively, strange, and atmospheric stories from the closing years of the Tang world.