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Xuahua Biao
Best known under the pen name Xuehua Biao, this little-known writer is associated with Hou Xiyouji (A Sequel to Journey to the West), a later adventure set in the rich imaginative world of the Chinese classic. The book carries forward the spirit of myth, satire, and pilgrimage that made the original story endure.
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後西游記
by Xuahua Biao
About the author
Xuahua Biao is the romanized form used by Project Gutenberg for the pen name 雪花飄, sometimes rendered as Xuehua Biao or "Floating Snowflake." The name is attached to Hou Xiyouji (A Sequel to Journey to the West), a Chinese novel presented in modern library catalogs and ebook editions under that byline.
Reliable sources agree more clearly on the book than on the person behind it. Chinese-language reference sources describe Hou Xiyouji as one of the major sequel novels to Journey to the West, but they also note that the work's authorship is uncertain. Because of that, very little can be confirmed about the author's life, background, or dates.
What can be said with confidence is that this byline is linked to a playful continuation of one of China's best-loved classics. For listeners who enjoy literary afterlives, folklore, and fantastical quests, the work offers a glimpse of how later storytellers revisited and reimagined the world of the Monkey King.