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Qifeng Shen
b. 1741
An 18th-century Qing writer from Suzhou, he is best known for the short-story collection Xie duo, published in 1792. His work belongs to the rich world of classical Chinese fiction, where wit, strange tales, and moral reflection often meet.
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諧鐸
by Qifeng Shen
About the author
Born in 1741 in Wu County, now Suzhou in Jiangsu, Shen Qifeng was a Qing-dynasty writer of classical Chinese fiction. Sources identify him as a novelist and give several style names, including Tongwei, Pinyu, and Hongxin Cike. The Encyclopedia of China notes that he was from Wu County and records his death as sometime after 1794.
Shen is chiefly remembered for Xie duo (Harmonious Admonitions), a collection of short stories. A Harvard catalog record for an early edition dates the work to 1792, placing it firmly in the late 18th century.
Some reference sources also connect him with dramatic writing, which suggests he worked across more than one literary form. Because the surviving reference entries are brief and do not agree on every biographical detail, the outline of his life is less clear than the lasting reputation of his fiction.