Zhang Liu

Very little biographical information about Zhang Liu could be confirmed from readily available reliable sources during this search. What does appear clearly is an attribution in Project Gutenberg for Zhan gui zhuan (斬鬼傳), a Chinese novel likely written in the late 19th century.

The story follows Zhong Kui and blends the supernatural with moral struggle, suggesting a writer interested in folklore, judgment, and the strange edges of human life. Because solid details about the author's life were not easy to verify, it is safer to let the work itself stand at the center of this brief profile.