jin shi 1715 Xiuxing Li

Library and ebook records identify this author as Li Xiuxing (also written 李修行) and describe him as a jinshi of 1715, the highest level of the traditional imperial examination system in Qing China.

The work most clearly linked to him in major catalog records is Meng Zhong Yuan (夢中緣), a Chinese novel that has been preserved in rare-book collections and later distributed through Project Gutenberg. Based on those records, he appears to be known more through this surviving text than through a well-documented personal history.

Because reliable modern biographical information is scarce, it is hard to say much more with confidence about his life, career, or dates beyond the 1715 examination reference. For readers, that makes Meng Zhong Yuan especially valuable: it is not just a story, but one of the main traces left by its author.