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Pei Xing
Late Tang literary pioneer (c. 825–880 CE), whose short story anthology 'Chuanqi' gave the entire genre its name, fathering Chinese wuxia fiction with 'Nie Yinniang'.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Pei Xing of Hedong
Pei Xing (c. 825–880 CE) was a late Tang Dynasty statesman and literary luminary. His monumental collection 'Chuanqi' (Tales of the Marvelous) conferred its name upon classical Chinese fiction. Featuring trailblazing sword-hero novellas like 'Nie Yinniang' and 'The Kunlun Slave', he established the archetypal origins of the Chinese Wuxia tradition.
Life and times
Dates c. 825–880 CE