Wu Jianren

Jianren Wu
Wu Jianren at 42
Born1866 (1866)
Foshan, Guangdong, China
Died1910 (aged 42–43)
OccupationWriter

Wu Jianren (T: 吳趼人, S: 吴趼人, P: Wú Jiǎnrén, W: Wu Chien-jen; 1866–1910), also known as Wu Woyao (T: 吳沃堯, S: 吴沃尧, P: Wú Wòyáo, W: Wu Wo-yao) was a Chinese writer of the late Qing period.[1] A native of Foshan, Guangdong province,[2] he is known for several novels, namely Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades, A Strange Case of Nine Murders, and The Sea of Regret.[3] Wu Jianren is a representative figure of modern Chinese novel for his innovation and technique. He was writing modern fiction at least a decade before Lu Xun, and was ahead of his time in his use of narrators and a centralized character.[4] From 1902 to 1910, Wu Jianren wrote the most articles in the group of writers who responded to Liang Qichao's "revolution of Chinese novel".[5]

  1. ^ http://history-cultural-china-com/en/61History3211-html[potential badlink] Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
  2. ^ Wu Jianren
  3. ^ The sea of regret : two turn-of-the-century Chinese romantic novels (Book, 1995) [WorldCat.org]. worldcat.org. OCLC 31867424. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ^ Hanan, Patrick; Hanan, Professor Chinese Literature Emeritus Patrick (2004). Chinese Fiction of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Essays. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-13324-1.
  5. ^ Huters, Theodore (2005). Bringing the World Home. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9780824828387. JSTOR j.ctt1wn0r4p. Retrieved 20 November 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)