Boyuan Li

Born in 1867 and known in English as Li Baojia, with Boyuan as his courtesy name, he was a late Qing writer whose work ranged widely across fiction, essays, poetry, ballads, calligraphy, and seal carving. He is also remembered as an editor who worked in Shanghai's lively newspaper and magazine world.

Sources consistently describe him as one of the important satirical voices of the late Qing period. He wrote at a time when traditional institutions were under strain, and his fiction is known for criticizing corruption, social vanity, and the uneasy meeting of old habits with new ideas.

He died in 1906. A suitable verified portrait could not be confirmed from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.