Qifeng Shen

Born in 1741, Shen Qifeng was a Chinese writer of the Qing dynasty. Library and authority records identify him as the author of Xie duo (諧鐸), and Chinese biographical sources describe him as a versatile man of letters who wrote fiction, prose, poetry, and drama.

Accounts of his life say he passed the Jiangnan provincial examination in 1768 but did not go on to succeed in the highest metropolitan exam. Later, when he was already past fifty, he served as a Confucian instructor in Qimen and Quanjiao. The same sources portray much of his life as financially difficult, with writing and secretarial work helping support him.

He is remembered above all for Xie duo, a collection associated with wit, anecdote, and imaginative storytelling. I could confirm basic biographical details and his reputation as a literary figure, but I did not find a reliable portrait image on the sources I checked, so no author photo is included here.