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Ling Jiefang | |||||||||
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Native name | 凌解放 | ||||||||
Born | Xiyang County, Shanxi, China | 3 November 1945||||||||
Died | 15 December 2018 Beijing, China | (aged 73)||||||||
Pen name | Eryue He | ||||||||
Occupation | Novelist | ||||||||
Language | Chinese | ||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||
Genre | Historical fiction | ||||||||
Notable works | Kangxi Emperor Yongzheng Emperor Qianlong Emperor | ||||||||
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Chinese | 凌解放 | ||||||||
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Ling Jiefang (Chinese: 凌解放; 3 November 1945 – 15 December 2018), better known by his pen name Eryue He (Chinese: 二月河; lit. 'February River'), was a Chinese historical fiction writer. He is best known for writing biographical novels of three Qing dynasty emperors (Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong), all of which have been adapted into award-winning television series.[1][2]
He was the dean of College of Liberal Arts of Zhengzhou University. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress and the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[3] He was a member of the China Writers Association.