Guangxian Sun

Sun Guangxian was a Chinese writer, scholar, and official who died in 968. Sources describe him as serving the Jingnan state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and they identify him by the courtesy name Mengwen and the sobriquet Baoguangzi.

He is especially known for Beimeng suoyan (Trivial Tales from North of Meng), a collection of anecdotes and historical notes about the late Tang and Five Dynasties world. The book has long been valued as a rich source for political history, literary gossip, and the everyday texture of the period.

Sun Guangxian is also remembered as a writer of ci lyric poetry. Taken together, his poetry and prose show a keen interest in memory, character, and the small human details that official histories often leave out.